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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 01:41 PM
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G20 Protesters storm RBS branch
(tea & sympathy...comments to art are worth a looksee)

more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6016126.ece

G20: live coverage | On-the-spot: battle of RBS | Police 'corral' protesters | Jamie Oliver cooks for the G20 | Video: Obama says progress must be made | Top 10 placards |

Anti-capitalist protesters tried their best to upstage world leaders gathering for the G20 summit today, but could not stop Barack Obama stealing the show on his international debut.

Police made at least 19 arrests during a day of protests in the City of London, including 11 demonstrators who tried to drive an armoured personnel carrier marked "Riot Police" into the heart of the protests.

Thousands gathered outside the Bank of England, some scuffling with police, and one group stormed a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which received billions of pounds of taxpayer funds last year but has been widely criticised for rewarding its former chief executive with a huge pension.
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B Whale Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 01:51 PM
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1. There's mindless violence and then there's targeted
violence against property. Smashing up RBS bank, one of the biggest culprits in this mess will not lose me any sleep.

They then spray painted 'THIEVES' on the wall outside and through computers out the window before headong onto the roof.

Later, effigies of bankers were burnt.

REAL ANGER on the streets now.
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