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The Wednesday Climate Camp breakout.

Guido | 07.08.2008 22:04 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Chaos | Free Spaces | London

On Tuesday people approaching the Climate Camp successfully challenged the Police who were stopping and searching people. They refused to be searched saying it was unlawful and when they proceeded the Police backed down. On Wednesday it was noted that the Police were searching people leaving the camp. So a load of people left at once to again challenge the legality of searching….

An exodus at the main gate.
An exodus at the main gate.

A debate about right of way and harrassment.
A debate about right of way and harrassment.

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These climate campers must pretty scary...
These climate campers must pretty scary...

...if it takes cops from four different forces to arrest one 60 year old?
...if it takes cops from four different forces to arrest one 60 year old?

Do you have a permit to film here?
Do you have a permit to film here?

More arguments.
More arguments.

Campers proceed unsearched.
Campers proceed unsearched.


When confronted by around 50 people who were refusing to be searched but demanding to be allowed to proceed; the cops (who were from four different forces) seemed pretty unsure of what to do. A brief scuffle saw one sixty year old man arrested. The other people then demanded to be allowed to proceed more forcefully and the Police relented without a fight. Exactly what they will say in court if they bother charging the man they nicked remains to be seen…

Guido
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  1. Well done & good on the 60yr old,never stop fighting, his family should be proud — Green syndicalist