ALERT: Taksim Square under riot police attack (the 12th as well)

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Last edited Wed Jun 12, 2013, 01:10 PM - Edit history (3)

Edit: Plenty of police present, some use of tear gas, police are removing banners from the building, protesters are sitting in/down. No riot police attack.

Edit: Enormous round of tear gas into square as Reuters livestream goes offline. Police have attacked protesters, now control Taksim Square. Word of protesters wearing police gasmasks and vests throwing molotov cocktails (not stopped by hundreds of police nearby), called by many online as provocateurs used by the PM to gain sympathy and to demonize the protesters. Livestreamers having difficulty staying on the air.

https://twitter.com/StopMotionsolo/status/344338118951960576/photo/1/large

https://twitter.com/C0d3Fr0sty/status/344335052563443712/photo/1

StopMotionsolo ?@StopMotionsolo 3m

Okay, @timcast appears to be live. From #Turkey. Seems to be the only one up at the moment. http://www.vice.com/read/tim-pool-live-streaming-from-istanbul …

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Global Revolution ?@GlobalRevLive

LOTS of police outside #Taksim #Istanbul #Turkey Watch Live
http://bit.ly/Y8rcgQ
http://bit.ly/rsrZaQ


Global Revolution ?@GlobalRevLive

Vlad has spotted the Riot Police traveling up a parallel road along side #GeziParki LIVE~>... http://fb.me/2irmvFb3z


Sky Adams ?@Cross_X_Bones

Police mobilizing in #Taksim now you can watch on http://www.dha.com.tr/canli-yayin/



OccupyPtown ?@RisePDX 3m

Someone please tweet @globalrevlive that glass is in the square and under gas attack #ows (live at http://ustre.am/ObDh )



Jenna Capulcu Pope ?@BatmanWI

Multiple water canon trucks, cops have already used tear gas. Telling people they can't enter Gezi Park.
#occupygezi pic.twitter.com/9dvzvmOtRo


Global Revolution ?@GlobalRevLive

POLICE ATTACK #TAKSIM SQUARE, HAPPENING NOW #Turkey http://www.livestream.com/revoltistanbul
http://artibir.tv/canli-yayin
http://www.dha.com.tr/canli-yayin/
#DirenGeziParki


AJELive ?@AJELive

Breaking: #Turkey's riot police have entered #Taksim Square. More details soon at http://aje.me/home


Occupy Chicago ?@OccupyChicago

MT @KitOConnell: LARGE force of riot police near #OccupyGezi on this stream. Eyes on Taksim! #Solidarity!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/glassbeadian …
? #OCAM #YAL

[idwiyo]

1. K&R

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2. Note that Erdogan called for a meeting with protesters but then sent the riot cops.

He may be making a play for international media to generate sympathy against the protesters. It pays to remember that two or more protesters have been killed by his forces, so he's utterly undeserving of any sympathy.

[libodem]

3. .

In solidarity.

[limpyhobbler]

4. k/r. nt

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5. This is how people try to stop police water cannons in Turkey

║░V☮ice ✪f Turkey░║ @VOT99

This is how people try to stop police water cannons in #Turkey
RT and LET the WORLD see

https://twitter.com/VOT99/status/344462354743980033/photo/1

[Joe Shlabotnik]

7. Oh my!

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9. It doesn't get much more real that that, does it? RESPECT! n/t

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14. Sometimes cops don't care: GRAPHIC

[warrprayer]

6. just heard this

on NPR breaking!!! Solidarity!

[warrprayer]

8. from the guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jun/11/turkey-taksim-square-protesters-fire-water-cannon-video

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Eyes on livestream, cops are coming back for more today.

Word on Twitter that Erdogan says "this will end within 24 hours" or some such.

[warrprayer]

11. watched CNN reporter

.... get gassed last night, people around her were dropping from rubber bullets.

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12. May the people prevail :(

[warrprayer]

13. in the end

... the people will always prevail