by twit
oh look, how nice, people coming together over the Olympic torch…

From the BBC on April 6, 2008: "One protester tried to snatch the torch from former Blue Peter host Konnie Huq."

Looks like they’ve found a new competition for Olympic athletes:

"Outside Downing Street there were chaotic scenes as former Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Denise Lewis took the flame."

From the Associated Press: "Another demonstrator tried to snuff out the flame with what appeared to be a fire extinguisher. Others in the crowd threw themselves at torchbearers running past in official Beijing 2010 Olympics tracksuits."

The BBC reports that there have also been unannounced changes to the torch route and that the torch has been carried partway by bus to avoid protesters.

It does look like they need the fastest people alive to stay ahead of the protesters:

From the Telegraph on April 6, 2008: A smoke bomb was let off in the Bayswater Road area…

… So far the police have made around twenty arrests along the route.

and that is just the opening part of the eight hour event…

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