Anti-Austerity Riot in UK smashes its way into a bank and clashes with police
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03/26/2011, 8:24 PM
Filed under: war-machine | Tags: anti-austerity, capitalsim, london, police, riot, UK, violence
Filed under: war-machine | Tags: anti-austerity, capitalsim, london, police, riot, UK, violence
According to the Telegraph:
“Police fought mobs of masked thugs who pelted officers with ammonia and fireworks loaded with coins.
The anti-capitalists started fires and smashed their way into banks, hotels and shops, bringing chaos to Britain’s busiest shopping street.
The violence began as Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, addressed a TUC rally of at least 250,000 peaceful protesters in Hyde Park who had marched from Westminster to demonstrate against government spending cuts.
As he spoke, an apparently co-ordinated attack began on shops and police in Oxford Street as a mob tried to storm into shops including Topshop, BHS and John Lewis.
MPs and retailers said the scenes damaged Britain’s reputation around the world.”
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