Comments on: London G20 Protests Demand Real Change http://photographywithoutborders.org/2009/04/london-g20-protests-riot-police-rbs/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The power of the photograph Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:15:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh Jones http://photographywithoutborders.org/2009/04/london-g20-protests-riot-police-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Josh Jones Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:13:36 +0000 http://photographywithoutborders.org/?p=148#comment-22 At the time of writing this, I had not heard about the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/g20-summit-protester-death" rel="nofollow">man who died in the crush</a> that day. It deeply saddened me to find out that the day had been tarnished by such an upsetting event. I also had no awareness of the vicious assault that had been reigned down on the Climate Camp protest at night. Beth McGrath has a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/g20-protest-climate-camp" rel="nofollow">haunting first-person account</a> of the actions of riot police. And there is the frankly disturbing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJRi7YR1bU" rel="nofollow">video</a> of the attacks. My condolences to the family of the dead. This is a dark day for democracy and for the freedom of protest. At the time of writing this, I had not heard about the man who died in the crush that day. It deeply saddened me to find out that the day had been tarnished by such an upsetting event.

I also had no awareness of the vicious assault that had been reigned down on the Climate Camp protest at night. Beth McGrath has a haunting first-person account of the actions of riot police.

And there is the frankly disturbing video of the attacks.

My condolences to the family of the dead. This is a dark day for democracy and for the freedom of protest.

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