tempra
TPF Noob!
As some of you are aware, there was a protest in Oxford yesterday against the building of a new vivisection laboratory by Oxford University. I spent the afternoon wandering around after them, and here's a flavour of the day....
The Police get the word that they are heading up towards Cornmarket, and from lurking around corners out of the way they move into position to keep the protestors from entering the main shopping areas.
They are joined by the mounted police
And an impenetrable barrier is formed - well, nearly.
The other mounted police discuss tactics
whilst a few more keep their eyes open for trouble makers...
The march made its way up George Street to the beat of a drum - it was pretty quiet at this point comparatively speaking
some protesters
I recognised a face in the crowd... I wouldn't protest!
People of all ages were in the march
Once they got to Parks Road, they had to stop - they aren't allowed within 100 yards of the new lab, so they had a rally outside the Inorganic Chemistry department - I sheltered from the rain across the street in Rhodes House.
This was their main speaker - didn't catch his name, but he was looking straight at me!
The police cameramen were out in force, I think there was one on every corner...
He didn;t seem happy when I told him he should try Canon
Then they headed back to their start point
Still making noise as they went
And more coppers blocked sideroads just to be sure
and that was the end of the day.....
Was a challenging thing to do, as people were constantly moving, and the light was brilliant sunshine, dark shadows, cloud rain and everything in between. There was no trouble, just lots of noise and few smiles and laughs both with the police and the protestors,
If you want to see more pics of this, you can see them on my site http://www.artzam.com/cpg132/thumbnails.php?album=10
The Police get the word that they are heading up towards Cornmarket, and from lurking around corners out of the way they move into position to keep the protestors from entering the main shopping areas.
They are joined by the mounted police
And an impenetrable barrier is formed - well, nearly.
The other mounted police discuss tactics
whilst a few more keep their eyes open for trouble makers...
The march made its way up George Street to the beat of a drum - it was pretty quiet at this point comparatively speaking
some protesters
I recognised a face in the crowd... I wouldn't protest!
People of all ages were in the march
Once they got to Parks Road, they had to stop - they aren't allowed within 100 yards of the new lab, so they had a rally outside the Inorganic Chemistry department - I sheltered from the rain across the street in Rhodes House.
This was their main speaker - didn't catch his name, but he was looking straight at me!
The police cameramen were out in force, I think there was one on every corner...
He didn;t seem happy when I told him he should try Canon
Then they headed back to their start point
Still making noise as they went
And more coppers blocked sideroads just to be sure
and that was the end of the day.....
Was a challenging thing to do, as people were constantly moving, and the light was brilliant sunshine, dark shadows, cloud rain and everything in between. There was no trouble, just lots of noise and few smiles and laughs both with the police and the protestors,
If you want to see more pics of this, you can see them on my site http://www.artzam.com/cpg132/thumbnails.php?album=10