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Protest Against The Use Of Kettling

April 18, 2009 11:00

Date Star Published: April 04, 2009 22:32 by Jason Rose

Tagged as: g20 repression social_struggles solidarity

City Police HQ

37 Wood Street

London,

Places: london

This protest is to show our anger and disaproval at the terrible tactics imposed upon protesters on the two G20 protest days (1st April, and 2nd April.)

People were stuck in an area without access to food, toilets and most importantly water, pushed back by police which caused health and safety issues as someone could quite easily have been crushed in the various crowds.

We also protest against the fact that the police relentlessly hit anyone who stood in their way including women and minors. When officers were asked questions they usually refused to speak - or when they did were extremely rude.

There was no access of 1st aid for those who had been injured, and many obtained head injuries for doing nothing wrong which is simply unacceptable.

We have to ask if the police had been more cooperative and listened to public concerns - would the man who died on the 1st of April?

We are protesting for the end of the 'kettling' tactic imposed by police on those days..and access to water and 1st aid in future protests with free entry and exit which is per our democratic right!

If you are a member of Facebook I would be very pleased if you could add yourself and invite as many as you can to try and make this a hard hitting event.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89502057008#/event.php?eid=89502057008

Many thanks to you all!

Email Contact email: jason.rose@hotmail.co.uk

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Total washout

Comment Published: April 18, 2009 22:44 by Donnacha DeLong

Where was everyone? No more than 30 or so demonstrators turned up for this - is everyone else happy about police brutality?

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What a waste

Comment Published: April 19, 2009 09:14 by Fishponds 3

We travled up from the west country and before we left we I was a bit worried that it was gonna be a bad turnout because know one new it was going on. There was only 2 call outs on the net and a mix up with location. But on the Friday it came to light that the police did kill Ian Tomlinson, so I thought people would be fired up. But they weren't it was use 3 one man and his dog. Another blow for the plight of the people.