Police arrest 18 amid Bush protests

[Whoa_Nelly]

London remained on a high state of terrorist alert today as US President George Bush continues his state visit and thousands take to the streets to protest at his presence in Britain.

Scotland Yard said there had been 18 arrests to date for a host of minor offences mainly during small demonstrations.

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Officers also found a ball bearing gun while searching a vehicle at a police checkpoint in Regent’s Park yesterday evening.

The driver was arrested for being in possession of a firearm but released after being cautioned for possession of cannabis.

more...
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=86185656&p=86y8636z

Be sure to check out this webcam on Trafalgar Square where protesters have added red dye to the fountain to look like blood:

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3?pageMode=nonjava

[dbt]

1. "Cautioned for possession of cannabis?!?!?"

Goddess, I LOVE ENGLAND!

Your man would be under the jail over here!

:smoke:
dbt
"The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall." --Bob Marley

[leftchick]

9. ahh fair England....

:)

[truthspeaker]

13. depends on the state

Police in Minnesota usually don't arrest for small amounts of weed, they just make you dump it on the ground. If you're white, that is.

Sorry for the derail!

[onehandle]

2. "a firearm" and "cautioned for possession of cannabis"

Released?

Geez. Can you imagine the charges if that happened over here?

[NashVegas]

8. I Guess They Figured He Was Too Stoned To Use It

:)

[ixion]

3. Everywhere he goes there is chaos...

the Monkey King is one of the greatest threats to peace and prosperity that the world has ever seen.

Everywhere he goes, there is violence.
Everything he touches turns to mud.
Every business fails,
Money is lost,
People are killed,
and the world descends into chaos.


Just my observation.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Sounds like a description of...

... the AntiChrist, doesn't it? Amazing how this personification of death, destruction and evil manages to fool so many (Americans, at least) while claiming to be a man of God. The Trickster is among us.

The very thought of four more Bush years ought to scare everyone into taking to the streets. Fight on, Brits!

[montanacowboy]

7. Can you say "Anti-Christ?"

eom

[janx]

4. That's hilarious. It makes me want to move there.

.

[Socialist Christian]

6. My man was cautioned? I wouldnt mind being cautioned <nt>

[It was not a pretzel]

10. don't get your hopes up about the UK

it has cameras with facial recognition in several areas and you literally can't move around the square mile without being followed by CCTV. Blunkett is a serious authoritarian.

[mainer]

11. Heh. Here he'd be arrested for the cannabis ...

and cautioned about the firearm.

[calimary]

12. "...mainly during SMALL demonstrations?" It'd be a lot better if

there were BIG demonstrations. That's rather discouraging.

[Whoa_Nelly]

14. The "big" demonstrations are tomorrow

eom

[Don_G]

15. They're Threating To Arrest People For "Scaring" Tourists

http://www.interwebnet.org/

[loudsue]

16. Man....I wish I was a "tourist" over there right now....

I'd be marching my a** off!

:kick: