At 7am, Friday 25th June, 10 protesters arrived at Caterpillar's offices in Solihull to bring to the attention of the staff the UN warning that the sale of bulldozers to Israel may implicate the company in human rights violations.

A mock military checkpoint was set up and inevitably, it wasn't long before the local police arrived. The noise level started getting slightly louder than that of the passing traffic which seemed to agitate the police. When one protestor then tried to present a 'Home-wrecker of the Year' award a particularly nasty policeman grabbed the award, violently smashed it on the ground and arrested an individual.

On leaving the site the protesters were followed by a police car and were pulled over and given a thorough vehicle inspection. Eight protesters, undetered, returned to the Caterkiller site at 2pm for a noise protest. After 30 minutes the noise got slightly louder as police arrived and almost immediately arrested all protesters. All eight were charged with causing alarm, distress and harassment.

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