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“The Siege of Sidney Street, popularly known as the “Battle of Stepney”, was a notorious gunfight in London's East End on the 2nd of January 1911. Preceded by the Houndsditch Murders, it ended with the deaths of two members of a supposedly politically-motivated gang of burglars supposedly led by Peter Piatkow, a.k.a. “Peter the Painter”, and sparked a major political row over the involvement of the then Home Secretary, Winston Churchill”. – Wikipedia
Photo: Scots Guards and police on duty during the “Siege of Sidney Street” in east London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 3rd January 1911
Photo: Scots Guards and police on duty during the “Siege of Sidney Street” in east London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 3rd January 1911
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Winston Churchill (1874–1965) confers with Inspector Wensley in Sidney Street, Stepney. During the Siege of Sidney Street hundreds of heavily-armed City and Metropolitan police fought a pitched battle against two anarchists. (Photo by Victor Beveridge/Getty Images)
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Winston Churchill in Sidney Street, Stepney, during the Siege of Sidney Street. Hundreds of heavily-armed City and Metropolitan police fought a pitched battle against two anarchists. (Photo by James Jarche/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Police issued with rifles by order of the Home Secretary, Winston Churchill, during the Sidney Street Siege. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). January 1911
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A police officer on the street, San Francisco, early 20th century (photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1900
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London traffic police escorting an elderly lady across a busy street in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1910
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An early method of measuring the feet of criminals, which was part of the Bertillon method of anthropometry used by the police force in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1895
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French police harass a striking worker after he leaves a meeting in the Saint Paul district of Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1910
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Students and police clash outside the Faculty of Justice, Paris, during protests. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1910
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A mounted police constable in London unsheathes his baton, while escorting cold storage vans on their way to Smithfield meat market during the transport workers strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1912
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English suffragette Annie Kenney (1879–1953) is arrested during a demonstration. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1913
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A row of police wagons, or “black mariahs” at their main depot in Fresnes. The vehicles are shortly to be replaced by motor-powered vehicles. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1895
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A policeman blowing his whistle. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). January 1909
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A police ambulance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1905
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Members of the Italian police, the Carabineri, at Alassio. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1894
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In a staged scene a Chinese policeman arrests a rickshaw driver, whose passenger is tipped out backwards. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1900
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A suffragette who was attacked in the crowd at a meeting given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd-George at Criccieth, being escorted from the crowd by policemen. (Photo by P. A. Reuter/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1913
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Police play with monkey found on a fruit ship during General Transport Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 31st May 1912
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A “garden-seat” horse-drawn tram going under the railway bridge at Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1902
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A male suffrage supporter is led over the bridge at St. James' Park, after being arrested for involvement in the attack on Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1912
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A member of the police force responsible for a railway station. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1907
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Two suffragettes in conversation with a policeman. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). Circa 1912
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