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The Offending Placard (photo by rikki)

Below is the lead to an Indymedia UK article (19 Jun 06) by rikki which introduces this photograph and the accompanying written account and video of the arrest of a protester outside Downing St., the site of Tony Blair's official residence and cabinet offices:

a peaceful single male held a placard with two quotes outside downing street yesterday afternoon. police told him he would be arrested, and although he agreed to go peacefully they violently handcuffed him in front of a crowd of astonished tourists.