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Stuff for the occupy london things

Occupy London: Acording to the news papers

In case you didn't know:

Occupy london was the name given to the anti-capatalist protests that occurred outside St.Pauls Cathedral. This was done by, fittingly enough, The occupy movement. The protest was peaceful and the protesters were evicted

Sun:

I personally didn't find much from the sun on the riots, possibly becuase the sun didn't view them as much of a decent story. The main article I found was one on the apparent rape by of the protesters

'THE leader of a protest group raped a woman twice at a camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral, a jury heard yesterday.'

The man in question was later found to be inocent according to other sources. 

The Independent 

'There were minor scuffles as police and bailiffs removed the last remaining protesters from the hastily erected wooden barricades'

The police are depicted as impartial and non-violent, the choice of the word scuffle makes the violence seem down played and irrelevant, they also make the protesters seem unorganised by using the word 'hastily' when describing the construction of the barricades, in addition, they seem desperate through the use of the word barricades 

"The mood was calm during last night's eviction, which many of the protesters who have lived at the camp missed having voluntarily moved on after they were denied permission to appeal a High Court order allowing their eviction. Most said before bailiffs arrived that they would not put up a fight but it was understood that an element would resist."

The claim that the mood was calm during the eviction makes the protesters seem more level headed than just violent hippies. In addition to this they isolate the more violent of the activists from the more peaceful ones by saying "It was understood than an element would resist." Overall the independent represents the occupy movement as peaceful inconveniences and the bailiffs against them as justified 

The Mirror

"Before Christmas, counsel David Forsdick said the City was not seeking to prevent lawful and peaceful protest or lawful assembly in the general location, but the right to protest enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights did not justify a semi-permanent campsite on the public highway - particularly in a location like St Paul's Churchyard.

The limited interference with the protesters' rights, involved in the removal of the tents was justified and proportionate, given the rights and freedoms of others."

Within the article it's stated the baliff's justification for the removing of the protesters tents, almost trying to reassure the more radical elements of the movment that they were justified in the removal of the campers