A few shots from last Saturdays demonstration in the West End against the rounds of nationwide Government spending cuts.
I had another shoot that day (as mentioned in this earlier post) so could only stay there for around half an hour or so but managed to find this hot spot just as Piccadilly was being ransacked.
The following sequence of images were taken on Regent Street as people tried to join the main group via connecting Air Street, a line of police separated them, missiles were thrown and arrests were made. During the scuffle I got another photographers lens in the back of the head and a shove from a policeman's shield for my trouble
While some members of the crowd tried to 'unarrest' those being grabbed by the police it was the law who inevitably won in the end. Someone who has the foresight to put cling film over their visor to counteract the paint being thrown is always going to be one step ahead of any protester...
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