P12, Up and abutting at the Israeli Embassy and Police - London Gaza Protest 10 Jan 2009

*Part 12* - Last week the police barricade was further out distancing itself from the actuall embassy gates. However today because of the shear number of people and human pressure from all sides the police had to go further back in giving us more room. People got very up and close to the police at the front line, there were officers on roof tops taking photographs of protestors and were also filming from all corners. I was really squeezed in at one point, people were moving and weaving seemlessly out of control side to side as if it were a large human waterbed. Being a tall healthy person myself i feared for my safety at one point, people were pushing so much like i had never experienced before. I was so squeezed and trampled upon i could no longer continue to film. Some sufferd from asthma attacks and others were returning back injured from the front line. I even witnessed a journalist who was hit and injured coming back with a broken hand as police hit people with their battons indiscriminately. Eventually my phone battery had ran out so i could only do very little. Clearly the police were out numbered, later i saw one individual protestor with a police hat and another had a police sheild which was obtained as trophies. Over 100000+ people had turned out today making it one of the biggest demonstrations held to date. People from across the UK had turned out to support Palestine in London today. Prominent figures such as MP's, Singers, Muslims, Non-Muslims, Jews, artists ...

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