Student demos against govt cuts and top up fees . Trafalgar Square and Whitehall. A parked empty police van became the focus of many of the protestors' frustrations with small groups of hooded youths vandalising the vehicle: clambering onto the roof, writing graffiti on the body work and smashing its windows and sirens . The presence of the van however alerted suspicions with many demonstrators alleging that the vehicle had been placed deliberately as a target which could then be retrospectively cited as justification for heavier handed police intervention or to simply further isolate the st
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Student demos against govt cuts and top up fees . Trafalgar Square and Whitehall. A parked empty police van became the focus of many of the protestors' frustrations with small groups of hooded youths vandalising the vehicle: clambering onto the roof, writing graffiti on the body work and smashing its windows and sirens . The presence of the van however alerted suspicions with many demonstrators alleging that the vehicle had been placed deliberately as a target which could then be retrospectively cited as justification for heavier handed police intervention or to simply further isolate the students and distract from the substance of their arguments since media attention would be drawn to it.