Stand off after police incursion at climate camp, tuesday evening.

At around 7.30 a group of around 20 police tried to march through the camp but were met with a very large and vocal group of climate campers determined not to let them go any further. After a brief scuffle police retreated and a standoff developed that lasted around half an hour, eventually dissipated by driving rain.

Stand off

Amy@ClimateCamp
e-mail: amy@amyscaife.co.uk
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Woman superglues herself to gates to prevent TSG reinforcements

14.08.2007 23:45

Top brass shoves off...

Penny's glued to the gates

Police lead her awat

defiant as ever.

Whilst the stand off was taking place re-inforcements in the shape of the Tactical Support Group - popularly known as the riot police - were brought it to "restore order".

Penny - formerly Camp police liason officer until she resigned yesterday in disgust at their attitide - decided to do some real police liason and superglued herself to the gates to prevent their entry.

Sipson Lane - the only access to the site - was sealed off under some C19th century statute under the orders of the C21st Sir Ian Blair. Nobody was allowed to even walk towards the camp.

But at 20.25 a police car sped out of the Sipson village end containing some police Top Brass - unconfirmed as Gold Command - after allegedly sounding off about the FIT unauthorised raid.

Shortly afterwards we were allowed to walk towards the camp, where we found Penny still glued to the gates. At 21.13 police announced she was free - and then bundled her into a van and took her away.

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law used to close Sipson Lane - s52 Metropolitan Police Act 1839

16.08.2007 12:44

"It shall be lawful for the commissioners of police from time to time, and as occasion shall require, to make regulations for the route to be observed by all carts, carriages, horses, and persons, and for preventing obstruction of the streets and thoroughfares within the metropolitan police district, in all times of public processions, public rejoicings, or illuminations, and also to give directions to the constables for keeping order and for preventing any obstruction of the thoroughfares in the immediate neighbourhood of her Majesty’s palaces and the public offices, the High Court of Parliament, the courts of law and equity, the magistrates’ courts, the theatres, and other places of public resort, and in any case when the streets or thoroughfares may be thronged or may be liable to be obstructed."

http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1031236

Furthermore, no unauthorised person on horseback shall take up a position, and no costermonger, street hawker, itinerant trader or musician shall ply their trade in any closed street or thoroughfare...

ACAB

i believe that it may be unprecedented

16.08.2007 21:16

i can confirm that gold command did come on site and apparently this doesn't happen too often...

feistyfingers

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