anti-missile protest in Slupsk – live report
source (polish), by Czytelnik CIA, Czw, 2008-03-27 17:33:
http://cia.bzzz.net/demonstracja_antytarczowa_w_slupsku
translation – wikified
On Saturday 29 March in Slupsk, demonstrators from around Poland went to protest against the installation of parts of the u.s.-american so-called “Anti-missile Shield” in Redzikowo
LIVE REPORT – all times are GMT+1
- 19.00 – the person detained after 17.00 was given a fine of 650 zł [160 euro, a little under one month’s minimum wage] “for loitering and swearing”.
- 19.30 – Our reporter informed us that at the end of the protest in front of the main gate in Redzikowo another two people were detained. One of them was taken as a result of what happened at the gate. Both people have already been freed.
- 17.15 – on Tuwima Street in Słupsk one person was detained, according to witnesses, the person behaved peacefully, the pretext for the detention could have a beer held in the person’s hand. The person was taken to a police station (it’s unknown which one). Police in an unmarked, grey car with a Gdańsk licence plate threatened a friend of the detained person: “Shut up because you’ll be arrested too.”
- 16.35 – the demonstration is slowly finishing. Final discussions with the residents are taking place, flyers are being distributed. Most people are heading towards Słupsk.
- 16.20 – a few symbolic attempts at forcing through the gate were made. A few dozen police stood in front of the gate with shields and dogs.
- 16.10 – more and more Redzikowo residents have joined the demonstration in front of the main gate – now there are a few tens of people from Redzikowo, of various ages, both families and children.
- 15.55 – the demonstration, after going through Redzikowo, got to the main gate. Some of the local Redzikowo residents have joined the march. The protestors are hanging anti-Shield banners on the gate and calling out “We won’t give up Redzikowo”.
- 15.35 – demonstrators are going towards the main entrance of the base.
- 15.30 – guards with shields are trying to remove demonstrators from the grounds of the base. Protestors are slowly withdrawing from a position seen from above.
- 15.25 – protestors remove the barricade and got into the base
- 15.20 – protestors got to the side entrance to the base, which is blocked by wood and “drut kolczasty”. There are police cars in front of the barrier.
- 15.15 – demonstrators are already close to Redzikowo and going towards the entrance of the military base. On the way a dozen or so heavy police vans and a “polewaczka” appeared, also going to the base. Two secret police/provocateurs tried to enter the demonstration, but were discovered.
- 15.05 – police stopped the march for a moment with the aim of “informing participants how they should move in a column along the road”.
- 15.00 – above the marchers there’s a police helicopter. An unmarked minibus appeared for recording [videotaping] the protestors
- 14.35 – demonstrators are marching in the rain. They’ll be in Redzikowo in a dozen minutes or so. Some people are going there by car.
- 14.20 – a column of about 200 protestors has started moving towards Redzikowo, where elements of the so-called “anti-missile missiles” would be placed.
- 14.15 – some of the demonstrators are going now to Redzikowo, in order to continue the protest.
- 14.05 – the march returned to the point where it entered, i.e. the Town Hall. Demonstrators are calling out: “Father, mother, I don’t want Guantanammo in Słupsk.” [in Polish this rhymes]
- 13.55 – the demo moved to the train station. People are walking now along Wojska Polskiego Street.
- 13.45 – our reporter said that in front of the Town Hall there’s a not so big group of Young Socialists and Greens 2004, who were “offended” that demonstration organisers didn’t let them show their party logos.
- 13.40 – many demonstrators have got to the train station. A few tens of police are at the station, but for the moment things are calm. Drummers from Poznań and Tri-City. People are calling out: “Don’t bush Redzikowo.”
- 13.30 – the march through the streets of Słupsk is taking place. Our correspondent says that many passers-by of various ages are spontaneously joining the demonstration
- 13.15 – demonstrators are moving along the central street area, right now they’re in the old Town Square. Samba groups are playing, people are calling out: “Nothing about us without us; Without anti-missile shields, without war, we’re for peace; Anti-missile Shield in Słupsk, pain in the butt; USA – Ha, ha, ha.” A car with a loudspeaker is moving, so the demonstrators is paying attention to it.