Posted on 04/01/2009 6:26:29 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
London - Angry protestors shouting "shame on you" and "storm the banks" clashed with police outside the Bank of England during anti-globalization demonstrations in London Wednesday. Some 4,000 demonstrators converged on the central bank in the City of London, where windows of banks and offices were smashed.
Police said 11 people had been arrested by lunchtime and riot police had been deployed.
At one point, several hundred demonstrators attempted to break through barriers to reach the heavily-guarded and boarded-up central bank building.
Windows at the Royal Bank of Scotland, which has been a key target for critics during the banking crisis, were smashed as violence escalated.
Police had earlier clashed with a small group of masked demonstrators, representing a diverse mix of anti-war campaigners, anti-poverty groups, anarchists and climate change protestors.
Thousands of officers shepherded protesters carrying banners proclaiming "Balls to the Banks" and "Punish the looters" while carrying effigies of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Bankers leaning out of office windows taunted demonstrators down below by waving 10-pound notes at them, provoking a response of shouts and cheers.
Many bankers and office workers heeded security advice to "dress down" in sweaters and jeans, rather than the more customary suits and ties, to avoid being targeted.
"I am here to make sure that peace happens rather than war," said Mirthful Merryweather, a nurse among the protestors.
Christine Hickey, 64, said: "I'm just fed up with the bankers who have got away with taking all this money. People are losing jobs and their homes, and I'm fed up with it."
Yep.
Ooooooooo. Scary ninjas. I’m so skeered. ;)
Russell Brand is there?
These demonstrators are such idiots. Totally disrupt their societies, vandalize, disobey the police, and then whine like small children when the police try to stop them. The same idiocy that’s been going on since the 1960’s. And they want us to sympathize with them.
If these folks are so courageous, why do they wear masks?
They love looking tough, don’t they?
It’s all dressup. It’s all for the cameras.
They’ll rush home and see if they got on TV.
Interesting picture. There are more photographers then protesters.
You know, it's just not a real protest without big stupid looking puppets. Good to see that the Euro-Anarchists are on the ball.
Never heard of him. Who is he, some dopey new actor?
This isn't the *real* attack on banks yet, just a bunch of college "anarchists" symbiotically posturing for their journalist enablers.
The real deal will happen if/when people start getting hungry (in the most literal sense of the word). That's when blood will flow in the streets.
I didn't know who he was so I checked with Wiki...
"Russell Edward Brand[2] (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian, actor, columnist and presenter of radio and television. Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his radio show, among other television series and award ceremonies. He has also appeared in a number of films, including the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, St Trinian's, and Bedtime Stories."
Brand in 2007 at a book signing
That picture needs the caption,
Let them eat cake.
"Lost in a roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah"
Could Michelle possibly stick her hair up any higher?
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