Video shows how police tricked Fortnum & Mason occupiers into mass false arrest
fight the power | 28.03.2011 19:43 | Public sector cuts | Repression | Social Struggles
Video shot by Green and Black Cross and released by UK Uncut via The Guardian shows how a Met Chief Inspector lied to occupiers promising they would be let free if they left the building. They were then arrested en masse, many held for 24 hours, and 138 charged with aggravated trespass. The Met's case now appears in tatters.
See Guardian link here for the footage: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/28/cuts-protest-uk-uncut-fortnum
She also says that, rather than warning protestors to leave or risk prosecution, the police actively kept them there for their own "safety". According to the Guardian, the police have so far charged 149 people from Saturday. 138 of these were charged with aggravated trespass at Fortnum's. That leaves at most only 11 people who are not being prosecuted on the basis of a blatant outright lie by a senior police officer, caught on camera.
All people arrested in Fortnum's should contact gbclegal(at)riseup.net
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/28/cuts-protest-uk-uncut-fortnum She also says that, rather than warning protestors to leave or risk prosecution, the police actively kept them there for their own "safety". According to the Guardian, the police have so far charged 149 people from Saturday. 138 of these were charged with aggravated trespass at Fortnum's. That leaves at most only 11 people who are not being prosecuted on the basis of a blatant outright lie by a senior police officer, caught on camera.
All people arrested in Fortnum's should contact gbclegal(at)riseup.net
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