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G20 demonstrations light-hearted and heavy
When is a riot not a riot? When it takes place at night after the reporters have returned to their offices, their deadlines passed
The G20 scenes of clashes, reported on page 7 and on many blogsites, appear to have happened after a day of carnival atmosphere in the tight streets of the City of London Simon Keyes, director of the St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in the City, described the ominous transition from light to dark in his own blog He reported little trouble during the day of festivities –‘the protest seemed to me to be unfailingly good-humoured… hundreds of cameras recorded the police’s every move and I didn’t envy them being so exposed doing such tricky work’ But late at night a different story began ‘On leaving the Centre at 1015pm the police presence was massively increased Most were dressed in black combat gear with helmets, riot shields and batons Many had balaclava face coverings A fleet of armoured cars blocked the junction outside Gibson Hall, blue lights flashing… it was obvious someone had decided not to allow the camp to remain for its stated twenty-four-hour period’
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