Scuffles continue into dark in protests over police shooting of teenager скачать в хорошем качестве

Scuffles continue into dark in protests over police shooting of teenager

(18 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST ++ NIGHT SHOTS ++ 1. Wide of burning container and people watching 2. Closer of the scene 3. Riot police holding shields up and watching protesters 4. Protester throwing a stone then running away/policeman charging after him, UPSOUND: crowd cheering than booing the policeman 5. Police around a fire on street 6. Long shot of street with riot police facing protesters 7. Lone riot policeman standing in front of protesters 8. Police charging forward, fire bomb 9. Protester throws fire bomb, policeman's leg catches fire, UPSOUND: crowd cheering and applauding 10. Long shot of police with small fires around 11. Two policeman with shield up 12. Protesters with covered faces looking 13. Riot policemen cornering a man 14. Long shot of protesters throwing stones towards police from inside gates of building, police slowly walking back, another police unit running towards 15. Police charging, UPSOUND: shot-like sound 16. Police on street, smoke around them 17. Wide of two protesters with fire in the background STORYLINE Scuffles between angry protesters and riot police in the Greek capital Athens carried on into the night Thursday. Riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in central Athens all day, sending Christmas shoppers and people in cafes running for cover. Frightened parents scooped up their children from a Christmas carousel in the city's main square and fled. The protesters broke away from a peaceful rally and hurled rocks and firebombs at police and buildings near parliament, overturned a car, set one alight, and set fire to several trash bins. They also splashed police with red paint. Police responded with tear gas. After the scuffles near parliament, a group of protesters hurled rocks and petrol bombs from the roof top of the law faculty of Athens University, where they barricaded themselves after seeking refuge from police. Under Greek law, police are barred from entering universities - a regulation that gives self-styled anarchists and rioters a safe base from which to prepare and launch their attacks and stockpile gasoline bombs. Firefighters and police also rushed to stop protesters from burning down the city's main Christmas tree, which was just replaced earlier this week after the first was torched in riots. Thursday's clashes were the latest outbreak of violence after the police's fatal shooting December 6 of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. Earlier in the day, around one-thousand demonstrators joined a Communist Party-backed peaceful march through Athens. Some 300 people were also marching in heavy rain in Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki in the north. Major labour union staged work stoppages on Thursday to protest the shooting and the conservative government's economic policies. As part of the strikes, air traffic controllers walked off the job for three hours, forcing state Olympic Airlines to cancel 28 flights and reschedule another 14. State hospitals were operating with skeleton staff due to a 24-hour strike. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...