Squaters illegaly evicted in Plymouth on the 5th/6th of september.
On the 5th/6th of september 2010 Police illegaly evicted a squated property which was being used for the weekend of Plymouth punx picnic to house some of the friendly picnicers. Around midnight on the last night of the picnic, after the Gig had finished and everyone was slowly wandering home, the police arrived in force ignoring all the legal precautions the squaters had taken (section 6) Within 15 minutes of the police arriving and without proper commuication with the occupants due mainly to the police's refusal to communicate with the friendly faced picnicers within, they turned up with 3 squad cars, 1 van and a battering ram soon after followed by the only explanation for ignoring the section 6 legal warning: that they had reports of a possible burglary at the property even though they'd been there for well over 24hours. After inquistion of the police's actions and ignoring of the law they are meant to uphold one of them, officer number 6658, is quoted to have said "i dont care about section 6" Following on from this they then proceeded to threaten and intimidate the occupants and watchers, they entered the property by force giving the occupants no chance to give them selfs up or even leave willingly. One person recorded the incident on video on their phone, only to have it seized from them, also illegally. 6 squaters were arrested for burglary and criminal damage, and held for 16hours in Charles Cross police station Plymouth. Whilst detained one of the occupants had a asthma attack in his cell and was refused a inhaler a definet sign of lack of human concern.
The event was supposidly sparked by the University of Plymouth security guards, the property is owned by the University and is aprantly used for storage space. The Secruity pulled up in 3 white cars earlyer in the day and scouted the building and occupants before bringing the police down later on into the night. This is going to become a increasing problem for squaters across the country and it seems there gearing up for the end of squating nation wide. A similar event happend recently in Bristol at 54 Freemantle road http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/693286 Prepare for grave times ahead for sqauters and alternative life styles as the tories up the anti and try to dull us into tax paying slaves.