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December 17, 2009 by Mark Malijan

Fizzle fazzle, done

I thought yesterday would be reminiscent of WTO, I was a bit wrong. Protesters attempted to take over the Bella Center and hold a people’s summit. However, those super efficient Danish police swung their batons and sprayed their pepper and all was calm again! It was quite the rush being pinned between weapon wielding police [...]

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December 15, 2009 by Mark Malijan

Poor execution and more dogs

Here are images from the past two days of protests. It’s funny how efficient the police are and how the protesters efforts seem to fizzle. The first image was a demonstration that targeted the harbor of Copenhagen that was broken up by police before demonstrators could get to their destination. Our second photographer, Chris Crow, [...]

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December 12, 2009 by Mark Malijan

First taste of protests

Yesterday, we covered the “Don’t buy the lie” protest in downtown Copenhagen. It was a good warm up for today, which projects about 40,000 protesters. It was amazing to see the power of mobs and the sudden shift of police intensity. Here are my select photos of the day and accompanying story. Running with the [...]
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