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Bank of idea stormed by police and evicted, numerous arrests!

Bank of ideas | 27.01.2012 19:09

The bank of ideas was this evening aggressively stormed by dozens of police and evicted without warning. Many arrests have been made and the police have been aggressive to people gathered in the street outside the building threatening them with arrest and beating them with batons. The situation is getting pretty hectic.

It looks like the police are starting to have a crackdown on the whole occupy movement.
 http://www.bankofideas.org.uk/

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diplomatic building

29.01.2012 22:21

this is a diplomatic building, covered by the same laws as embassies and other diplomatic buildings. this is indicated by a large metal sign on the wall by the front door of the building.

whoever (dis)-organised the opening of this squat must have known this, and should have known the implications for anyone opening the squat or entering the building once it was squatted.

those who were arrested, those who experienced police brutality, can thank the organisers for placing them in a situation where this was virtually guaranteed to happen.

well done bank of ideas, another irresponsible and stupid action under your belts. a good lesson to all the rest of us to a) avoid doing anything with you in future and b) do your own research before getting involved with folks who may not have done a proper recce and/or aren't informing you of the real risks when they ask for your support.

concerned activisty person