About 30-40 people gathered at the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, the world's second-largest manufacturer of handguns, assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and grenade launchers.
It was recently found out that their HQ is based on an industrial estate in Lenton, Nottingham so some people decided to pay them a visit.
There were about the same amount of police officers as protesters, in an attempt to keep them off the actual estate where the company is based.
There was also the honour of the Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) who travelled all the way from London for the event. In attendance was CO996 Sgt Sulley, FIT officer of the Commissioners Office, MET Police. [Haven't seen him for years, but he's still hard at it!]. He is one of the first policemen, engaged in this game.
The demonstration was called by the Nottingham group of 'Disarm DSEi' which is a grassroots campaign against the UK’s largest arms fair, at which Heckler & Koch will be exhibiting their weapons later this year.
For more information visit http://disarmdsei.evey.org/
Audio from protest at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/07/376844.html
Event announce: Heckle Heckler & Koch
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/07/376523.html
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Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@gn.apc.org
Web: http://tash.gn.apc.org
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Press Release and Q and A
24.07.2007 22:48
Press Release (PDF) - application/pdf 11K
Heckler and Koch Q and A (PDF) - application/pdf 7.8K
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Officer Bad Teeth
24.07.2007 23:30
Nice one on the demo guys - wish I'd been there but I totally forgot it was today... erk! :-S
Orthodontist
NETCU photographers
24.07.2007 23:44
jimmy c
why arent u going after nonces & nazi peadophile child murders more?
26.07.2007 17:44
go after nonces & nazi peadophile child murders, BNP for example support& deny the nazi holocaust of 100s millions including thousands children & babies experimented on & tortured. Plus they have many convicted terrorist bombers, why arent u in their face more. Come on this a democracry isnt it?
Well it should be, go after the real terrorists & paedophiles,
for government without authority,
& platformist workers wobblyism
wokalaski
Nottingham's finest.
28.07.2007 18:42
auk
Brilliant!
30.07.2007 22:54
What a prime pair of coppers as well. Doubtless the waste product of government inbreeding attempts to create supercops.
Alex_b
nice one
31.07.2007 18:53
ecoanarchist