User 'anonymous' did: report at Sat Aug 22 07:28:45 +0000 2009.<br/> true true <p>When the police arrived, someone went outside to speak to them, asking them if they were going to search the place and telling them that if they had a warrant they could just knock on the door.&nbsp; The police told him not to worry.<br /><br />A few minutes later riot police in black uniforms, wearing balaclavas came through a downstairs window, the door to the roof and a door to an adjoining building.&nbsp; The police broke down the doors and stormed in with drawn tazers, screaming at everyone to get down on the ground, jumping on them and handcuffing them. They had a TV crew with them when breaking in through the door. They were insulting people and saying things like "one of you croaked last night", trying to provoke a bad reaction from people.<br /><br />They then demanded identification from everyone and checked IDs against what appeared to be a list of specific people. There were 2 or 3 arrests. The remaining people were then let go. <br /><br />Right now it's calm, however people are a bit shaken after the experience. The cops have left the neighbourhood.</p> 2009-04-02T15:29:37+00:00 1005 promoted imc london false

<p>At around 12:30 this afternoon, 30-50 police arrived at the Rampart, an activist social centre in Whitechapel, East London.&nbsp; A formerly derelict building which had been empty for years, Rampart was occupied by activists and turned into a social and cultural venue more than four years ago.</p>

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