Stop G8

We're moving in to an entirely new world here, one where protesters can be arrested before the protest!  A group of anti-G8 protestors were holed up in an abandoned building preparing for next weeks political actions where "representatives" from the 8 most powerful nations in the world get together to talk about how they are going keep the rest of the world in poverty.  While squatting is technically illegal, or whatever (abandoned buildings should just sit empty while homeless people sleep in the streets of course), did 100 officers in riot gear have to show up to disband these protesters?

The Guardian reports:

Riot police have forced their way into a building in central London where anti-G8 protesters were squatting.

Officers using cutting equipment moved against the squatters just before 1.40pm on Tuesday after a standoff lasting more than three hours.

A protester wearing a bandana shouted "freedom" from the window as police tried to cut and bludgeon their way in. At least 21 protesters were brought out, including one on crutches. None appeared to 
offer any resistance.

More than 100 officers in riot gear had surrounded the building, believed to be a former police station.

The most concerning part of this story to me is as follows:

Officers closed Beak Street, off Regent Street, refusing to let members of the media near the building, where some protesters were holding a meeting. A police helicopter hovered overhead.

It is becoming routine for police to tell media to stay away from whatever situation it is they are partaking in.  The police claim this is to keep suspects from getting intel from the television or to keep the reporters safe, or whatever bullshit reason they claim at any given moment.  In reality this is to keep police safe.  Safe from the prying eyes of the public who will try and hold them responsible for illegal action they are sure to take at some point.  

The police do not want the media around because they know at any moment they may decide to just burn everyone in the building alive.  

That last statement is a little extreme as we are dealing with British police, not the LAPD, however the idea behind it is completely valid.  Police do not want to be caught doing something illegal, so they tell media to stay back while they handle 20 some odd, unarmed, peaceful protesters. All this time the officers are dressed as if they are ready for war!