| Philippine National Police use riot shields to set up a line of defense against protesters attempting to march on the Presidential Palace where beleaguered Philippine President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was staying. Some anti-Estrada groups had threatened to storm the palace if they were able to reach it, as happened at the end of the first "People Power Revolution" in 1986 that toppled Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Marchers did manage to break through several layer of police cordon in the last day of the Estrada Presidency, but violence in the crowd was not very common, and the police were able to keep control of the crowds with minimal use of force. At about the time this picture was taken, it was announced over the radio that President Estrada was leaving Malacanang palace and that Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had assumed the presidency. |
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