Mass arrests outside London’s Olympic opening ceremony: an eye-witness account
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London 2012’s opening ceremony paid tribute to Britain’s rich history of political dissent. But while Suffragettes and trade unionists were on parade inside the Olympic village, outside a group of peaceful cyclists on their monthly ride around the city were being stopped and kettled by police. Kerry-anne Mendoza, one of the 182 arrested, gives her personal account