Police officers surrounded more than 100 parents protesting Tuesday against shoddy school construction that they say resulted in the deaths of thousands of children during the recent earthquake here.
The police dragged away several crying mothers and harassed journalists trying to report on the event, according to witnesses and photos of the protest.
The standoff between the parents, many carrying framed photos of their children, and the officers, dressed in black uniforms, lasted for several hours and ended with the parents walking off feeling both intimidated and frustrated, said those involved in the protest.
"Because so many police surrounded us, we couldn't do anything, so we went home," said one woman, identified only as Li.
The confrontational stand of the police and local government here, the scene of several major school collapses when the earthquake struck May 12, is the strongest sign so far of a growing impatience among government officials toward any public airing of grievances over the school issue. More...
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