Videos document struggles between police, protesters at Copenhagen climate treaty talks

By , InvestigateWest
December 14, 2009

InvestigateWest videographer Blair Kelly intimately captured the feel of the so-called "Hit the Production" street protests in Copenhagen, designed to influence the United Nations' climate treaty talks happening in the Danish capital. The second video is particularly intriguing in that it includes a brief clip of InvestigateWest photographer Christopher Crow as he's hauled to the paddy wagon, followed by a really interesting retort from a Danish cop to a protester:

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Submitted by George Clark (not verified) on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 08:34.

Excellent work - especially the 2nd video, which ends with a not yet unpleasant encounter between a protester & policewoman that expresses the moral paradox that implacably reduces the relationship of people with their governments to frustration &, in time, rage.

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