Close the Camp: 3.21 to 3.57 PM

Translation of the Modkraft live feed during the critical half our after the demonstration arrived, when demonstrators succeeded in penetrating the camp and cutting its fences...

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Because of a technical glitch the live coverage in English by Modkraft.dk, for whom I was asked to translate, never got on the web. I am now posting my translations to IndyMedia instead, Enjoy! (check pics at www.modkraft.dk)

3.57 PM
Police threaten more arrests:

“The demonstration is dissolved. People must kleave the area or they will be arrested.” Polie have just given this message to the demonstrators.

3.56 PM
Main demonstration is tear gassed:

The main demonstration on the grass lawn has been attacked by tear gas. There were children in this part of the demonstration.

The gas was fired after several warnings by the police when a group of demonstrators, according to reports received by Modkraft.dk, also tried to penetrate the fence to the right of the main entrance.

3.56 PM

Demonstration leadership: withdraw to Allerød Station:

The lead banner is on its way and the loudspeakers are asking people to withdraw toward Allerød Station.

On the fields along the road to the camp several demonstrarors are lying down recovering from the violent gas attack. People are helping each other get up and lemons and magnesium is being passed around to the viuctims.

About 50 demonstrators with a purple banner are drawing toward the main entrance.

3.53 PM
Activists lain in choo choo train:

At Ellebækvej ten demonstraors have been lain in choo choo train. Two ofthem are reportedly from Parents Against Police Brutality and another two are First Aid people form ABC.

Anotherten demonstrarors are keeping a large group of police occupied.

3.49 PM
Police have used pepper spay behind the fence:

Another tear gas attack has started. The demonstration appears to be dissolving.

Demonstrators who were cutting the fence were met by pepper spray from officers posted inside the fence, says a source on the spot.

3.45 PM Close The Camp: »The action is a succes« :

– The action is a succes. Vi expected to wreck the fence, and we succeeded. So says Pil Christensen from the Close the Camp press group to Modkraft.dk.

3.44 PM
Demonstration dissolved because of holes in the fence:

The poice have declared the demonstration dissolved, giving hole sin the fence as the reason.

Two activists from Parents Againts Police Brutality and a First Aid perosn has been arrested for being on military property.

A source says aproximately 15 activists have been arrested to the left of the camp.

A group of aboyt 20 succeeded in getting up to the fence before being attacked by police and tear gas.

3.43 PM

Jubilant demonstrators:

Politice have begun arresting deminstrators while tear gas is raining down on the rest. But still demonstrarors in froont of the Sandholm Camp are jubilant because several holes have been cut in the fence.

In theh middle part of the demonstration things are peaceful.

3.37 PM
Demonstrators push forward:

200-300 demonstrators have assembled om the military area North of the camp. They are getting ready to push through thhe police, who are ranked on the road in front of the camp with vehicles and personal interspaced.

The demonstrators have tried to push through. They have succeeded on the left side and have arrived at the permanent fence, not just the temporary fence put up by the police arroundn the demonstration area.

The fence is being cut – some of it is down - left of the main entrance.

Tear gas has been thrown at the demonstrators, but it has not driven them away from the fence.

Politice have thrown about ten gas grenades, but more groups of demonstrators are running tpward the fence and cutting it.

3.30 PM
Demonstrators break the fence:

Demonstrators have begun tearing down the fence. Demonstrators in black have run into theh field. Ten vans are moving forward.

The police run forward toward the demonstrators. Dog cars are here. Helicopters are circling..

3.25 PM: The demonstration has arrived:

The demonstration has reached the Sandholm camp. It stands on the grass lawn to theh roght of the main entrance surrounded by an iron fence. Theh fence is also blocking the road.

The demonstration has been recieved by about 40 young asylum seekers.

3.21 PM: »Do not provoke«:

Theh demonstration leadership once again asks police officers to move away and stop provoking.

Five police vans are driving behind the demonstration.

3:21 PM arrested journalists are not emplyed by Modkraft.dk:

The preventive arrest earlier today of two young video-journalists was supposedly caused by their being in a car whicj also contained some tools. Both journalists are afiuliated to a local Copenhagen TV station, who were working with Modkraft on doing live-stream recordings form the demonsration. They don't work on Modkraft. We are sorry about the confusion.

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