Illegal eviction of Bradford squat, last night police illegally assisted the eviction of a residential squat on Cecil Avenue holding four of the six occupants (all of the people in the building) for over 14 hours before releasing them without charge. The police entered and searched the building through a broken window and the landlord then changed the lock boarding the window behind them. The four men from Poland and Lithuania who spoke little or no English were questioned about other occupants of the building, asked if money had been exchanged and how the house had been entered and the electricity turned on.
The house had been squatted to provide free housing to people with no access to benefits- the police response is illegal and unjustified and we’re pretty sure it wouldn’t have occurred if the english squatters had been in - police have turned up at the address on several occasions previously and recognised the squatters as legal occupants status of the building- no legal action has been taken by the owner since the cops last visit. The building has now been reoccupied and secured by the six of us.