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Police Uphold Your Right To Protest

Posted January 15th, 2008 by Tom

Well, no, they don't, not really, not if you're Brian Haw.

without warnings the territorial support group moved in and began violently pushing and man-handling people to the pavement. one young woman was grabbed round the throat and dragged. others were pushed from behind. brian was miving backwards towards the pavement with a camera to his face when officer U1019 lunged at him deliberately and without provocation. the blow was aimed directly at brian's face and pushed his camera into his cheek causing a deep wound.

Thanks to peacewisher in comments for drawing belated attention to this, that even if you keep an eye on the news outside the mainstream you can miss this sort of thing is a big worry. It's always been the case that the police in the UK will, left to their own devices, devise paramilitary thug squads (the early-80s SPG, for instance) and the TSG is clearly in that mould. Having seen them close to back in 2006 my rather well-tuned inherited anti-fascist radar did register a large contact.

Thanks, Tom. If the

On January 15th, 2008 peacewisher says:

Thanks, Tom. If the mainstream media CAN avoid an embarrassment for the establishment, they certain will do. We all have to be vigilant in these troubled times. I wish a mainstream journalist would explain to me what might happen to them in 2008 if they dare to publish the truth. Then I might be a little more sympathetic.

Journalists who publish the

On January 16th, 2008 redadare (not verified) says:

Journalists who publish the truth?

Well, we don't have to go too far back to find Andrew Gilligan, castigated in the press, lost his job (albeit freelance but regular employment), and the Director of the BBC goes as well. And has anyone seen an article in the mainstream media written by him since? And that was before most of the anti-terror shi*^ legislation.