Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
3rd July 2012, 10:20
At least 31 people have been arrested in London after their protest against the Vietnam War turned violent.
Police moved in after scuffles broke out at the demonstration outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square.
The crowd of 4,000 became agitated after the general secretary of the Communist Party, John Gollan, urged them to disperse.
A police motorbike patrolman was knocked over and a lit match was thrown into the petrol that leaked from the machine.
A force of 200 police officers had cordoned off Grosvenor Square by the time the protestors had marched there from Trafalgar Square. The demonstrators were chanting "hands off Vietnam" and other slogans as they waited for a five-strong delegation to hand over a resolution to embassy officials.
(more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_2757000/2757911.stm)
Police moved in after scuffles broke out at the demonstration outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square.
The crowd of 4,000 became agitated after the general secretary of the Communist Party, John Gollan, urged them to disperse.
A police motorbike patrolman was knocked over and a lit match was thrown into the petrol that leaked from the machine.
A force of 200 police officers had cordoned off Grosvenor Square by the time the protestors had marched there from Trafalgar Square. The demonstrators were chanting "hands off Vietnam" and other slogans as they waited for a five-strong delegation to hand over a resolution to embassy officials.
(more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_2757000/2757911.stm)