An inspiring & creative act of civil disobedience, met with a disproportionate police response & mass arrests. Solidarity to all who protested this week; all people fighting against systemic, institutional racism; and all those fighting to defend our right to protest. This has become a terrible trend in public order policing. Mass arrests were used against over 145 UK Uncut protesters in 2011, 182 cyclists at the Olympic Critical Mass ride in 2012 and on 286 people during the Tower Hamlets anti-fascist demonstration last year. These huge arrests produced almost zero convictions. What is different in our case is that the charge has a maximum penalty of five years. Read the full statement from the organizers of Wednesdays protest here: https://netpol.org/2014/12/12/protest-organisers-statement-on-the-westfield-76-arrests/
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:25:29 +0000
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