18 Jun 2001 (updated 18 Jun 2001 at 19:17 UTC)
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At the end of the first day of the two-day European Union
summit, armed police of Gotenborg city threw rocks and
shot
into a crowd of anti-globalization protesters. One person
was seriously wounded in the stomach by Swedish police
militia.
Today I joined a non-violent protest against the police
shootings in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in
Oslo, along with various other humans. For about 15
minutes, a large group of terror policemen was effectively
blocking the road in front of us and behind us, leaving us
no escape. That seemed like
a provocation from the police ("Gotcha!"), but fortunately
everyone just kept listening to the talks, ignoring the
men, their bats, their
white helmets and their grinning dogs.
Spotted Håkon
Wium Lie, inventor of Cascading Style
Sheets, among the protesters today.