Fact #68113
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Short story:
The Battle of the Beanfield erupts near Cholderton, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, when police divert a travelers' convoy bound for Stonehenge festival. Five hundred travelers and festival-goers are arrested. The Levellers will write their 1991 song The Battle Of The Beanfield, inspired by the event.
Full article:
Nick Davies (journalist, The Observer) : They (the police) were like flies around rotten meat, and there was no question of trying to make a lawful arrest. They crawled all over, truncheons flailing, hitting anybody they could reach. It was extremely violent and very sickening.'
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