Friday of Rage, Battle of Qasr Al Nil, Tear Gas, Galaa Bridge (2011-01-28) at Dokki, Cairo (2011)
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2011-01-28
Dokki, Cairo

Al Galaa Square

burning CSF truck

burning CSF truck

protesters escorting police away

protesters atop CSF trucks

After taking over several CSF trucks, protesters decided to deflate the tires. The choice was to disable the machinery of the police rather than take it over and use it themselves, which seems a metaphor for the broader uprising at the time: to disable power as opposed to taking power.

protesters deflating police tires
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