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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 11:25 PM Jun 2013

ALERT: Taksim Square under riot police attack (the 12th as well)

Last edited Wed Jun 12, 2013, 01:10 PM - Edit history (3)

Edit: Plenty of police present, some use of tear gas, police are removing banners from the building, protesters are sitting in/down. No riot police attack.

Edit: Enormous round of tear gas into square as Reuters livestream goes offline. Police have attacked protesters, now control Taksim Square. Word of protesters wearing police gasmasks and vests throwing molotov cocktails (not stopped by hundreds of police nearby), called by many online as provocateurs used by the PM to gain sympathy and to demonize the protesters. Livestreamers having difficulty staying on the air.

https://twitter.com/StopMotionsolo/status/344338118951960576/photo/1/large

https://twitter.com/C0d3Fr0sty/status/344335052563443712/photo/1

StopMotionsolo ‏@StopMotionsolo 3m

Okay, @timcast appears to be live. From #Turkey. Seems to be the only one up at the moment. http://www.vice.com/read/tim-pool-live-streaming-from-istanbul

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Global Revolution ‏@GlobalRevLive

LOTS of police outside #Taksim #Istanbul #Turkey Watch Live
http://bit.ly/Y8rcgQ
http://bit.ly/rsrZaQ


Global Revolution ‏@GlobalRevLive

Vlad has spotted the Riot Police traveling up a parallel road along side #GeziParki LIVE~>... http://fb.me/2irmvFb3z


Sky Adams ‏@Cross_X_Bones

Police mobilizing in #Taksim now you can watch on http://www.dha.com.tr/canli-yayin/



OccupyPtown ‏@RisePDX 3m

Someone please tweet @globalrevlive that glass is in the square and under gas attack #ows (live at http://ustre.am/ObDh )



Jenna Capulcu Pope ‏@BatmanWI

Multiple water canon trucks, cops have already used tear gas. Telling people they can't enter Gezi Park.
#occupygezi pic.twitter.com/9dvzvmOtRo


Global Revolution ‏@GlobalRevLive

POLICE ATTACK #TAKSIM SQUARE, HAPPENING NOW #Turkey http://www.livestream.com/revoltistanbul
http://artibir.tv/canli-yayin
http://www.dha.com.tr/canli-yayin/
#DirenGeziParki


AJELive ‏@AJELive

Breaking: #Turkey's riot police have entered #Taksim Square. More details soon at http://aje.me/home


Occupy Chicago ‏@OccupyChicago

MT @KitOConnell: LARGE force of riot police near #OccupyGezi on this stream. Eyes on Taksim! #Solidarity!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/glassbeadian
? #OCAM #YAL


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ALERT: Taksim Square under riot police attack (the 12th as well) (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 OP
K&R idwiyo Jun 2013 #1
Note that Erdogan called for a meeting with protesters but then sent the riot cops. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #2
. libodem Jun 2013 #3
k/r. nt limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #4
This is how people try to stop police water cannons in Turkey Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #5
Oh my! Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2013 #7
It doesn't get much more real that that, does it? RESPECT! n/t Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #9
Sometimes cops don't care: GRAPHIC Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #14
just heard this warrprayer Jun 2013 #6
from the guardian warrprayer Jun 2013 #8
Eyes on livestream, cops are coming back for more today. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #10
watched CNN reporter warrprayer Jun 2013 #11
May the people prevail :( Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #12
in the end warrprayer Jun 2013 #13
 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
2. Note that Erdogan called for a meeting with protesters but then sent the riot cops.
Tue Jun 11, 2013, 03:35 AM
Jun 2013

He may be making a play for international media to generate sympathy against the protesters. It pays to remember that two or more protesters have been killed by his forces, so he's utterly undeserving of any sympathy.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
5. This is how people try to stop police water cannons in Turkey
Tue Jun 11, 2013, 02:10 PM
Jun 2013

║░V☮ice ✪f Turkey░║ @VOT99

This is how people try to stop police water cannons in #Turkey
RT and LET the WORLD see

https://twitter.com/VOT99/status/344462354743980033/photo/1

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
10. Eyes on livestream, cops are coming back for more today.
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 01:10 PM
Jun 2013

Word on Twitter that Erdogan says "this will end within 24 hours" or some such.

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