The police definitely tried to provoke something when the march stopped at Holland Park. Hundreds of thousands of marchers, after hours of marching, decided to take a break there.
THE COPS DECIDED TO THEN DRIVE A COP VAN THROUGH THE RESTING THRONG!
The marchers didn't fall for it. They decided to peacefully drive the cop van back, cheekily placing pro-protest stickers on the van's rear doors!
But the strangest incident was as at Shepherd's Bush roundabout when someone decided to run into a shopping centre. The march followed. And then there was a conflict between the protestors and the police that could, in that close space, have easily descended into violence.
But thankfully it did not.
There were a few dodgy characters trying to provoke shit. One guy shouted with a very distinct South African accent the cops were privately owned. But two protestors, one of whom wore a plain black t-shirt with the text, "Fuck Boris", played a huge role in placing a large space between the cops and protestors.
That run into the shopping centre was coordinated by a group each wearing t-shirts with, "Drippin with freedom".
These seemed to be the same folk directing the protest in Manchester 2 weeks ago.
This needs investigating. A middle aged woman seemed to be directing them. She and they looked out of place and seemed to have assumed control.
The protest. from what I observed on live streams, was very large, approaching 200k, was peaceful, respectful, slapping stickers on police and vans, jovial, except when the police tried to drive their van through the resting throng and tried to provoke a conflict at Shepherd's Bush (as described above).
But 200k is not enough at this stage.
At this stage it needed to be at least 1 million.
And I blame that on the Ickes for selling their stuff instead of giving it away for free, particularly when they expect others to give their stuff away for free.
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