We joined when the police weren’t around and felt completely safe – as I said in my post, it felt great to be part of a community of people coming together to protest peacefully. When things got hairy with the police getting involved we steered clear of the protests as much as we could.

Thanks Angela. I must admit that I felt pretty scared on the last evening when the street had cleared out because of the tear gas and we had no idea where the police were. We never felt scared of the protestors though – only of the unpredictable violence of the police.