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Police Admit Assault and Battery

Indymedia watcher | 29.04.2009 22:08 | Workers' Movements | Zapatista | World

Three years after the events, the Police admit that they were responsible for the Assault and Battery of protestors in London. To the Tune of £85,000

Quietly, to avoid comparisons with their recent escapades, London police from the Saville Row Police station have admitted their liability for the criminal acts of Assault and Battery at a public demonstration in 2006. The demonstration was in protest at the murder of Brad Will in Oaxaca, Mexico. The police responded to a Samba band and the Projection of a film onto the Mexican Embassy with obstruction and, eventually, Assault and Battery of several protestors.

 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2006/10/354780.html
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354792.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/11/354958.html?c=on

It might well just be a repost from the BBC, but the truth is the events of 2006 show a continued, calculated use of a range of tactics against protest. The London Police have form for bad behaviour.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8025895.stm

It also shows, nobody can rely on the mainstream media for long term coverage. The BBC fails to explain the context of the payout and so, once again, reinforces the press image of protestors as opportunists.

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otro mundo es posible

30.04.2009 07:45

Good. And lets hope that the para-mili-pigs in Oaxaca get what's coming to them sooner rather than later

otro mundo es posible

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where goes the wonga?

30.04.2009 10:54

I hope a good chunk of that is going back into protesting, not just to the individuals who sued

joining the dots

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joining the dots - FUCK OFF!

30.04.2009 11:49

let's be clear, the 8 people who were attacked by police, arrested, charged, spent 2 days in the cells, had the stress and worry of a conviction hanging over them, with the threat of a prison sentence, went through the process of a 5 day trial (most of whom english wasn't their first language), in which they had to represent themselves with no formal legal advice help or guidance got absolutely FUCK ALL support or solidarity from any political or activist circles. Including useless cunts like joining the dots.



Someone who helped the 8 with their trial

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