Met Police arrest protesters despite approving their protest – and lock up Night Safety Team
Police arrest protesters during coronation weekend
“I believe they had every intention of arresting us… simply because there was nothing that we did do that could possibly justify even being detained, never mind being arrested & held”Graham Smith, CEO of the ‘Republic’ group, told Radio 4 this morning that he believes police deceived him when they said they had no problem with the demonstration and fully intended to arrest them all anyway.
The Met Police’s outrageous conduct during the coronation has been further exposed with revelations that the force arrested protesters whose protest they had been notified of and said they had no problem with – and even brutally arrested City of Westminster’s official volunteer Night Safety Team while it did its job of protecting women, holding both groups in custody for extended periods.
Graham Smith, CEO of the ‘Republic’ group, told Radio 4 this morning that he believes police deceived him when they said they had no problem with the demonstration and fully intended to arrest them all anyway:
.@GrahamSmith_ explaining the events surrounding his arrest on Saturday and how the police subsequently held him for 16 hours! #R4Today pic.twitter.com/tItzYmdp8B
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 8, 2023
Meanwhile, police held Westminster’s Night Safety for some fourteen hours after arresting them – for possessing rape alarms, which they hand out to women out at night to help keep them safe:
They were arrested for being in possession of… rape alarms. They hand them out to women.
— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) May 6, 2023
Riz Choudhry, one of those arrested, accused the force of racially targeting him and of brutality toward the volunteers:
He is also part of XR’s arrest team so is familiar with these police tactics.
— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) May 6, 2023
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