Me and Alex had joined the demonstration immediately after we heard the shouts and drumming to our room. It was chaotic, people squeezes against us, polices were fighting against each other, and from time to time I heard howl of pain when someone had gotten shock from stun gun. There wasn`t any real guns because no one wanted to kill anyone, but electric shock to arm or leg, not to mention blinding tear gas, prevented all action just as effectively.
At first I wasn`t sure if we were winning or not, but after three hours, when more and more people had joined us and polices changed side, after they had noticed any reinforcements weren`t coming, it was clear we would win. Finally, when it was almost ten and started getting dark, we got the last polices handcuffed. When people noticed that battle was over and we had won, they started to shout, laugh and hug each other, the tension of past hours was dissolved in joy.
When people had calmed down, one man, probably group`s leader, climbed on top of car and began to speak to megaphone: "Thank you to all who took part in this demonstration. We won today, but the fight is not over yet. The wounded will be taken to Angel City and the rest of us will join with protesters from other cities. When the promised fighters will join us, together we have over 300 000 protesters, nothing can stop us. Then we will march to Los Angeles!"
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