The government thought they were pulling a fast one by using the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000 to proscribe a non-violent protest group. They couldn't have foreseen that thousands of people would be willing to be arrested to highlight that abusive constraint on our right to protest. They must be regretting it now. It'll be interesting to see what the judicial review next week decides.
A gross waste of police time and it’s disgraceful to have a quote from the police suggesting that the officers were at risk so turned up in numbers to arrest granny and her peaceful friends. Unsolved theft and burglary and rape is where police time should go. Pathetic.
The government thought they were pulling a fast one by using the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000 to proscribe a non-violent protest group. They couldn't have foreseen that thousands of people would be willing to be arrested to highlight that abusive constraint on our right to protest. They must be regretting it now. It'll be interesting to see what the judicial review next week decides.
Thank you for yesterday!
A gross waste of police time and it’s disgraceful to have a quote from the police suggesting that the officers were at risk so turned up in numbers to arrest granny and her peaceful friends. Unsolved theft and burglary and rape is where police time should go. Pathetic.
Thank you for covering this. Such brave people, putting themselves on the line to protect our civil liberties.
Might have guessed that Northans Police would carry out arrests in ways different to other forces - stretchers and handcuffs!
And I echo Dave Pearson's comments, too, about the quote given by the Police