They tell me there are 14,000 Police Officers out on the streets of London to control the demonstrations against the Bush visit and I can certainly believe it.
Police tried to follow me home
They tell me there are 14,000 Police Officers out on the streets of London to control the demonstrations against the Bush visit and I can certainly believe it. I was stopped and photographed outside LARC and then a few minutes later another pair of officers stopped me at a bus stop at Whitechapel and demanded to know my name and address. I declined to tell them and they said ok we’ll wait then. They followed me onto the bus and stayed on all the way to Stoke Newington. When I got off they followed me again. I made a phone call to let people know I would be late home and one of the officers went into the phone box after me while the other continued to follow me. Presumably they traced the call. So I caught another bus back to Victoria. They stayed with me and followed me to the next bus stop. Then they finally left so I nipped around the corner and caught a bus home.
The whole thing took me 3 hours. I felt it was worth it though. It is important to defend our right to privacy. Police have no right to demand personal information unless they are making a rest. I asked them was there no criminal activity happening in London tonight that they could spend that much time hanging out on buses.
They tell me there are 14,000 Police Officers out on the streets of London to control the demonstrations against the Bush visit and I can certainly believe it. I was stopped and photographed outside LARC and then a few minutes later another pair of officers stopped me at a bus stop at Whitechapel and demanded to know my name and address. I declined to tell them and they said ok we’ll wait then. They followed me onto the bus and stayed on all the way to Stoke Newington. When I got off they followed me again. I made a phone call to let people know I would be late home and one of the officers went into the phone box after me while the other continued to follow me. Presumably they traced the call. So I caught another bus back to Victoria. They stayed with me and followed me to the next bus stop. Then they finally left so I nipped around the corner and caught a bus home.
The whole thing took me 3 hours. I felt it was worth it though. It is important to defend our right to privacy. Police have no right to demand personal information unless they are making a rest. I asked them was there no criminal activity happening in London tonight that they could spend that much time hanging out on buses.
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