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Police hypocrisy at Drax

kato | 01.09.2006 16:19

I was overwhelmed by the appalling attitude of the police 'escorting' the march from the climate camp to Drax. It was a pointless power display.

My story consists of an interaction with a policeman, which I think is a perfect illustration of the hypocrasy in the police.
I was in the kids block, comprising of a few hundred adults, including a number of people in wheelchairs and children of various ages. The police penned us in from the start to the finish, always controlling our direction and to a certain extent pace.
Later on I was walking back to the camp and was on a small country road when a police car came up behind me, I did not move out of the road and he drove alongside me on the verge and asked if I wanted to be arrested? And I replied for what and he said for obstructing the public highway- I was outraged because this was exactly what they had been doing to us for 6 hours!
And yet when we asked policemen why they were obstructing us they replied because they can!
Ridiculous!!!

kato
- e-mail: kato.walmsley@gmail.com

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Kato vs Poolice and twattyfinkler

02.09.2006 02:50

Wasnt there but I DO tend to believe what Kato tells us. In my experience and knowledge of demos and protests, the Poolice and security are filth, scum,low -life cowardly state - bullies and tossers. These are some of the nicer names that they are known by.
As for twatfinder .....well...!

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Did you

02.09.2006 14:42

Hi kato, did you move off the road at this threat of arrest for 'obsctructing the public highway'? If so, I would contact a lawyer and discuss it with them as, from my reading of the law - if you do something out of fear of being arrested, it is counted as an unlwaful arrest.

Moving down a highway (non-motorway though) on foot does not require you to move anywhere for passing cars. You are a road user if there is no provided pavement - a verge does not count.

The officer in question obviously had an ego the size of a mountain and a lack of knowledge of law, and rules of the road.

In the least, I would make a formal complaint (not an informal one, as this will get no-where) as this will damage the forces precious statistics.

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