Well the police now appear to have full control over our right to protest at EDO. Two of us met for the weekly noise protest as usual and were immediately issued with a Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. Bizarrely we were moved on from where we stopped but where we stopped coincidentally happened to be where the notice said we should be. So I guess we could have been arrested for breaching the notice at any time. Doh! We were later joined by two others who I'm sure could have given somebody a nasty Chinese Burn if they were provoked!
It is clear that the tactics have changed and the police are trying to stamp their authority and criminalise peaceful and law abiding citizens. The two of us had no intention of "Causing serious public disorder" or "Serious damage to property" or "Serious disruption to the life of the community", etc.
However the real criminals opposite us drove home in their nice little cars - subsidised by the tax payer - completely unbothered by the police.
Treating us as extremists is a policy that ultimately will rebound on those who would attempt to suppress the right to protest against people who cause so much misery around the world.
It is clear that the tactics have changed and the police are trying to stamp their authority and criminalise peaceful and law abiding citizens. The two of us had no intention of "Causing serious public disorder" or "Serious damage to property" or "Serious disruption to the life of the community", etc.
However the real criminals opposite us drove home in their nice little cars - subsidised by the tax payer - completely unbothered by the police.
Treating us as extremists is a policy that ultimately will rebound on those who would attempt to suppress the right to protest against people who cause so much misery around the world.
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The Struggle
25.03.2005 01:51
Good on you! Solidarity! Keep it up!!
jupiter