By around 5pm on Wednesday (Destroy DSEi) the area around the ExCel centre was completely gridlocked. There must have been lots of delegates trapped in the mayhem. But right near Canning Street station was this car with a woman in military uniform in the passenger seat. This was like a beacon to protesters.
The car's path was blockaded by cyclists and it's occupants looked pretty worried inside. I learned later that someone had jumped on the roof of the car shortly before I arrived which probably explains the concerned look.
There were police vans everywhere here but they were all concerned with the attempts to have a street party at the roundabout. Several police vans drove past and the driver honked his horn. But it was to no avail, they didn't hear.
Here the woman is presumably phoning the cops a few who turned up maybe 5 minutes later. The group of cyclists and other protesters then dispersed.
The rumour was that the woman was from Ireland but I don't know where that came from or how true is likely to be.
There were police vans everywhere here but they were all concerned with the attempts to have a street party at the roundabout. Several police vans drove past and the driver honked his horn. But it was to no avail, they didn't hear.
Here the woman is presumably phoning the cops a few who turned up maybe 5 minutes later. The group of cyclists and other protesters then dispersed.
The rumour was that the woman was from Ireland but I don't know where that came from or how true is likely to be.
