Posted on 07/04/2005 4:20:44 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
ANARCHIST protesters brought chaos to the city centre today as they clashed with police in a series of violent confrontations.
Every business in the city centre was advised to close their doors as riot police confronted protesters along Princes Street and in the West End.
Bottles and plants were used as missiles as the violence spilled over into Princes Street Gardens.
Police appealed for motorists to steer clear of the city centre.
About 200 protesters, some dressed as clowns, tried to break through police lines after being corralled in to Canning Street in the West End as they staged their Carnival for Full Enjoyment.
Officers were punched and kicked as they lined the road to prevent the hoards of protesters pushing on towards the Capital's financial quarter.
Riot police lined up behind mounted officers on Princes Street as they confronted protesters near the Scott Monument.
The anarchists responded by trying to pull benches onto the road before the police advance forced them to flee.
Outside HMV at the West End of Princes Street, mounted police were also forced to call for back up as they confronted protesters.
Shoppers were told to stay inside the store while skirmishes outside - described as "a riot" by one frightened witness - were brought under control by police.
The Carnival for Full Enjoyment started relatively peacefully with protesters dressed as clowns bringing a lighter feel to the demonstrations - despite the ominous presence of notorious Italian anarchists Ya Basta in their trademark all black outfits.
City council leader Donald Anderson, who viewed the scenes of violence unfold, on CCTV screens from the police headquarters at Fettes, said every business in the city centre had been advised to close its doors by the police.
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Let the head-tossing games begin!
Thanks, Tet68!
"The Carnival for Full Employment." They long for the good old days when Stalin had solved the problem of unemployment. He called it the Gulag.
Nice camera and lens that anarchist against globalism is carrying. I suppose it's lost on him that global corporations built it for him to use.
I will celebrate the day, the LEOs decide to start busting heads on these violent destructive "clowns"...
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What other real choice is there for change but by anarchy.. A good fully fleged Anarchy might enliven the British people again.. might kill 25 percent of them, but at least the ones remaining would HATE Slavery by Government (Socialism)..
I could respect that...
Wrong clowns. This is "The Carnival for Full Enjoyment."
Ignatius! Where the h*** are your oversized, floppy shoes? Don't you know what the uniform of the day is? Muldoon! You look like you put that grease paint on with a paintbrush! Both of you drop down and give me twenty!
I get sooooo confused over these protests. Here in Seattle several years back we had the WTO protests (the Battle in Seattle). I figured they must have been good young Republicans wanting to keep our jobs at home rather than supporting trade agreements that seem to help the other countried more than us. (Until they started vandalizing everything).
Seems to me that the poor people in the world have a better chance at improvement under globalization than they do under "every country for itself".
I was just reading an article about a Nike factory in China or somewhere. Talked about how the man never got to see his family except for twice a year and only got paid $5/day or something. Gee - why doesn't he just work near his home at a job that pays better?.
Well said & I wholeheartedly agree.
The enemy shows it's face again.
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