April 1, 2009

On the ground: Live from London protests

Breaking Tweets Contributing Editor David Mac Dougall (@davidmacdougall) was on the ground at today's #g20 protests in London's financial district and covered them exclusively for this Web site.


Photo by @davidmacdougall

Here's some of his observations. Additional coverage to come tomorrow, including video.

  1. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall Off to a false start. Police blocking demonstrators in the streets #g20
  2. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall Crowd chanting "let us pass" at police. Cheering now, march started!
  3. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall At front of scuffles. First smoke bomb let off (pink!) first objects thrown here: a police helmet
  4. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall [Expletive]!! Cops just moved in officers wearing RIOT gear!! It was all going so peacefully. Crowd reacts with jeers.
  5. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall Protesters now rocking police van. Classic protest tactic #g20
  6. David Mac Dougall
    davidmacdougall Too close for comfort. Just got caught in another police charge. Getting a bit out of control now #g20


Mac Dougall posted a series of photos from today's events to his Flickr account.

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Featured TwitPic: Smashed windows at London protest
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