Cambridge Uni Security Injures Animal Activists

Elderly female campaigner sustains injuries and is taken to hospital.

Stall in Town

Be careful: Violent

On Friday 23rd July 2010 protesters were back at Cambridge University to protest against the use of animals in experiments by the academic institution. This time the group were specifically focusing on the primate experiments that the University carry out.

The protesters started off with an anti-primate experiments stall in town and then moved to the Uni's Downing Street site where they encouraged staff to 'blow the whistle' about cruelty at the site.

Security were soon surrounding the activists along with one male who was not wearing any identification. This male told a young male protester to stop using the megaphone or he would take it off him. The protester refused stating the man had no right to take his property. When the protester resumed use of the megaphone the man knocked him to the ground and began dragging him along the floor eventually prising the megaphone from the protester. In the process the protester sustained bruising to his elbow and swelling to his hand.

An elderly female protester in her 80's came up to tell the man to stop his unprovoked attack. At this point she was knocked to the ground by the man in question. Helped up by fellow campaigners she was moved to a wall where protesters waited with her for the police to arrived (who had been ironically called by security). When the police arrived a paramedic was sent for and she was taken to hospital.

Complaints were made to the police. If this is how Cambridge Uni deal with peaceful protesters it makes you wonder how they treat their animals – as if we didn't know!

Animal Rights Cambridge
Homepage: http://animalrightscambridge.webs.com/

Comments

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Harm one, harm us all!

25.07.2010 16:09

Who is up for a regional hit on Cambridge Uni?

We still remember Girton ;)

Disgusted!

@ Disgusted!

25.07.2010 16:46

Sounds like a good idea lets bring the fight back to Cambridge!

Animal Rights Cambridge
Homepage: http://animalrightscambridge.webs.com

Jibber Jabber

25.07.2010 19:07

Quit your whining and combat the problem. I, for one, am bored of these bullshit articles complaining about the harrasment of radicals by police and private security. What do you expect?

anarcho advice guy

@ anarcho advice guy

25.07.2010 19:59

Yes great, lets all get arrested for assault as we fight with a load of security guards surrounding us and find that loads of elderly people on the protest get harmed in the process. Good thinking mate! But seriously we are not whining nor will this stop us – it will only make us more determined.

Animal Rights Cambridge
Homepage: http://animalrightscambridge.webs.com

@ARC

25.07.2010 21:51

Where did I suggest fighting with security to get arrested?

'Complaints were made to the police'

This is my point about whining.

anarcho advice guy

It's worth a go!

25.07.2010 22:09

Ah, so we should just do nothing then? We don't hold our breath about complaints to the police obviously but it's worth a go. If it makes the security think twice before acting like an idiot again then all well and good – if not well no skin off our nose! If the police don't give a dam and refuse to investigate at least it's another unsolved crime statistic for them!

Whatever gets the job done.

Animal Rights Cambridge
Homepage: http://animalrightscambridge.webs.com

Whining?

26.07.2010 08:14

Is this not supposed to be a news site? All over indymedia there are sories of police brutality but I suppose all the stuff about Ian Tomlinson and all the other cases of people being attacked are whining as well are they? If a Cambridge security guard was knocked down and hurt by one of us it would be all over the place media wise and no doubt you would then that we were violent etc with no hint that he was whining.
The police should of course arrest and charge this man if the evidence is sufficient and he can be indentified. If Cambridge University do not want retaliation then they should of course be investigating this matter and sack him.
This individual must be very worried, if the police do nothing, the university might, if the university does not then someone else will no doubt. Of course if the police do treat this AS SERIOUSLY as they would if a lady in her 80s who was pro vivisection was battered by an animal rights activist then he can be dealt with legally without others having to face arrest and beatings. If the police do not do this then woe betide the security at Cambridge University. People could maybe phone the University to express their absolute disgust in a polite fashion as well as the Cambridge Evening News.
As someone who has suffered very serious injuries from the police I would suggest that this is press released if the lady is happy for this to be done. Photographs of bruising will be useful for future court cases including suing the University.

Lynn Sawyer

Surely...

26.07.2010 10:57

He has committed a criminal offence; if the police won't nick him, why don't you? Why not use your right to perform a citizens arrest for assault? Or even affray.

Nick Daguy

listen bozo's

28.07.2010 17:29

the guy in the blue shirt, if this is the man in question - who assaulted our comrades - is now a LEGITIMATE TARGET.

got that....?

forget the arguing, start organising.....

animal liberation front/committee for the overthrow of the government