Femen protesters arrested at the Tour de France in London

Story here. NSFW due to pics with above-waist nudity. Excerpt:

'Yesterday, Femen took their topless fight for “total victory over patriarchy” to the Tour de France as it zoomed through London. I was told that the group would be in Westminster at 3 PM. Uncertain what bicycles have to do with the oppression of women, I went to check it out.

As it happens, it probably had very little to do with the tour. This was just a public arena guaranteed to be packed with people. But when I got to the statue it wasn’t all that busy. No more busy than, say, Oxford Street, or a particularly busy deli during lunch hour.
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“You’re hurting me!” screamed an activist. Maybe she was. But the cops appeared to be treating them calmly and gently—if anything, with a vague air of boredom. The photos turned out like a fantasy sorority pillow fight from a bro movie, only with a frisson of police brutality. But being there IRL, it all felt fairly prosaic.'

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Related: Paris prosecutors seek fines against Femen over Notre Dame protest:

'Prosecutors in Paris have asked for nine members of Femen to be fined 1,500 euros each for damaging a bell in Notre Dame cathedral.

The trial is the first in France against the feminist group, following their protest in February last year against former Pope Benedict and homophobia.

Three security guards also face charges of using violence against the women.'

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