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Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

George — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:40:05 -0000

Oh yeah! Coincidentally, after paying my attorney I used the money to visit London for a week and then on to Amsterdam and and Paris and a few other European cities. the money didn't last long.

Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

George — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:18:30 -0000

This is somewhat similar to when I photographed the WTO protests in Seattle in November 1999. Except, instead of using batons, the Seattle police shot rubber bullets at the crowd and filled the streets with tear gas an pepper spray. I'm a still photographer and was blinded with pepperspray while photographing the police hose down non-violent protesters with pepperspray. A San Francisco video activist collective Whispered Media caught on film the police officer targeting me and I used it in a lawsuit against the city of Seattle which they eventually settled by paying me $25000.

The west likes to criticize China over the Tienanmen Square shootings of the students, but if western corporations feel sufficiently threatened there is no doubt in my mind that the US or British government would start shooting protesters.

Here's a link to whispered media video journalist's account of that day.
http://www.videoactivism.or...

Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

Josh Jones — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:13:55 -0000

Thanks Paul. That's more like it.

Demonstrations like this can always get a little scary. But we shouldn't let that impair our journalistic integrity.

Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

paultreacy — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:00:56 -0000

For a more festive approach to the G20 protest, please see http://paultreacy.com/g20st... for stills and http://paultreacy.com/g20 for video.

Thank you.
Paul Treacy
http://photohumourist.com

Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

Mickey — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:17:12 -0000

"At the same time, multiple demonstrations had been planned by the international anarchist/anti-capitalist community near key landmarks"

Yeah...right. It was that simple, and just those crazy radicals that had planned on protesting,..keep dreaming. Your ignorance would make even the best stenographer jealous.

Re: G20 Protests: Outside the Bank of England - The Digital Journalist

Josh Jones — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:32:12 -0000

"a group of baton-wielding police confronts an angry mob of anti-capitalist activists"; "a very large, very noisy and very angry crowd"

Here's my report on the 'angry mob':

http://photographywithoutbo...

Third picture down.