Copenhagen Police Use Force on Unarmed Protestors

George Washington’s Blog
December 16, 2009

Police at the climate summit in Copenhagen are using force on unarmed protestors:

[efoods]Copenhagen has turned into Chokenhagen …

For background, see this, this, and this.

December 16th, 2009, thousands gather to participate in the Reclaim Power march in Copenhagen Denmark. The idea behind the march is to meet delegates who were walking out from the Bella Center, the location of the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference (COP15), and host a people’s assembly outside. The peaceful march, an act of civil disobedience, turned violent when police attacked protestors pushing to get over the Bella Center fence to meet with delegates from the walk out.

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