YAFA raided - 2 arrests

http://www.yafa.co.uk/ | 07.03.2008 13:26 | Animal Liberation

Raids in York - 2 arrests

Just recived a 'phone call. Looks like 2 Yafa leaders have been arrrested for the campaign against the Blue Bicycle.

Hope this isn't another roundup.

http://www.yafa.co.uk/
Homepage: http://www.yafa.co.uk/

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That'll be

07.03.2008 14:10

'leaders'

Be interested to hear what it was about.

Clari

Karma

07.03.2008 14:44

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction......

Sub Rosa

Solidarity from Cambridge

07.03.2008 18:13

I hope they are OK and are released soon. Fight foie gras!

ARC

Solidarity

07.03.2008 19:42

And keep strong. You got them to stop selling foie gras, and fight for the animals.

The police are lowlife scum who arrest those with hearts!

SOLIDARITY

Munster Monster

YAFA were raided on trumped-up allegations - it was a fishing expedition to sieze computers and mobile phones.

At 07.00 am doors were kicked in and a search warrant was produced - this was a political action by the police and although there are minor allegations - no criminal offences have been commited.

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before this happened, YAFA have been too successful to be left alone, but anyone that thinks that we are living in a democracy is living under an illusion - free speech and the right to peaceful protest is a joke.

More details will be posted when the dust settles, but be under no illusions the police have acted politically rather than investigating crime.

YAFA

News

07.03.2008 20:46

Any further news as to who this was ?

Uncle Soames

The publicly funded police

07.03.2008 22:35

are now more interested in which shitty little restaurant may be losing some profit due to peaceful animal rights people peacefully protesting rather than being interested in the rescue of human lives in the UK.

Shame on the police (an understatement)

We all know where their orders eminate from.

To hell with them and their 'masters'.

b0Xer

Perverts

07.03.2008 22:49

I'm hearing that a female activist was dragged naked from her bed by male plod who sat on her while she was read her rights etc, perverts, absolute fucking perverts......no female officer present ! surely this cannot be right !

Uncle Henry

Cor blimey - the cops have gone an bit over the top eh?

08.03.2008 00:32

It just doesn't seem right - when your house gets burgled and the police have no manpower to get to you to sort it out, and then as soon as then animal rights people want to give out leaflets suddendly there are hundreds of coppers available!

To be honest I have never had foie gras and from what I have read it should be banned and made illegal - fair play to the campaigners.

Coppers are paid for by US to investigate crime, not to bust some student hippys.

well done YAFA, I have seen your website - wish I could have done that when I was your age.

Uncle Albert

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10.03.2008 19:02

"I'm hearing that a female activist was dragged naked from her bed by male plod who sat on her while she was read her rights etc, perverts, absolute fucking perverts......no female officer present ! surely this cannot be right !

Uncle Henry "

Afraid this didn't happen, and if it did I personally would not describe the offending officer as a pervert, since it sounds more likely that this woman was refusing to take her arrest lightly and was struggling.

The action was only partially to do with the Blue Bicycle from what I have heard, it has been more to do with an arson attack.

Oli
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