SOCPA - pics of this morning's parliament square raid

rikki | 17.08.2007 14:54 | SOCPA | Repression | London

when brown seized power he promised a lifting of socpa conditions on the right to protest near parliament. today, in preparation for the visit of nelson mandela, his henchmen helped ken livingston's henchmen to crack down even more on brian haw's protest, forcing their support tents into an impossibly small area in another expensive police operation.

fenced in

no access

brian behind bars

gla and police plot

brian supporter

barbara blocks road

maria refuses to leave

gla bods

thrown aside

new tiny protest area

full report and short film will follow.

in the meantime, here's some pics, and you can find an excellent report at

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378595.html

rikki
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Additions

more pics

17.08.2007 23:08

pics from friday evening

more details

18.08.2007 11:12

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378707.html

rikki

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Brian, the party finished years ago, it's time to go home.

17.08.2007 21:47

What a mess, the square is so untidy with unwashed brian and his handful of scruffy antiwar chums, they probably penned off this squalid 'area'

1 to make the square look more tidier
2 to stop his litter from blowing into the road
3 to protect the public from his impulsive obscenities

What an eyesore. and have you heard his shouting? it is most offensive.

Brian, do everyone a favor and go book yourself into the nearest night shelter.

oiyoi

they've lowered the police test pass mark to 50%

17.08.2007 22:29

hence the illiterate daily mail comments above

rikki

Details please

17.08.2007 22:33

First of all, oiyoi is just a troll, so people ought to ignore him.

Second off, if they say one tent is all that's allowed, then give them the biggest possible tent, or at least just a large one with several rooms.

Was there any warning before this raid? Did they ask for the tents to be removed? If there are going to be up to 19 supporters then they have to stay somewhere.

Was everyone trying to get out of the fenced area or stay in? You said you'd write a detailed report soon, please make it as detailed as possible, for those of us with slow internet connections.

AnonyMouse

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