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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01.09.2006 18:37

What the bloody hell are you going on about? The Police were there because you were there you fucking idiot. Grow up. I am by no means a Police sympathiser but for fucks sake...U just illustrate the moronice attitude of a very large number of individuals displaying their 'enlightened comments' supposedly telling the 'trut' when really your 'truth' is JUST as biased as mainstrem media, if not more so....

twatfinder

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...!

Nowar

Iddy Hot

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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