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Today was by far the largest protest event I’ve ever attended. Official attendance estimates range from 20 to 30 thousand, but on the streets it felt as if the entire city had come out. Having experienced the entire day it is hard to imagine that the number was any less than 100,000. Blockupy Frankfurt was [...]

Police masses have entered march and severely slowed and split it. Pressure is mounting as thousands of protestors scream at police.

According to media reports, up to 5000 police have been brought into the city for the Blockupy protests. The entire downtown area north of the river is a police state, centered around the EU Bank tower(map). Most of the scheduled demonstrations have been banned by court order, creating a tense situation as an estimated 30,000 [...]

Police strategy is to enter march with running officers, apparently to split up groups, but I just saw the crowd and police trample tourists having beers ourside a bar. One woman ran inside with a baby as police pushed her accidentally. Bad strategy today will cause more harm than good.

At 69 Wilhelm Leuschner. Police pushing us east again, going in circles

Police now pursuing march.

Now 300 people at Central Bank barricade