Police kettling: the shadow of death
A great piece by Merrick on police tactics at demonstrations and the complicity of the media.
It seems clear that the police’s aim is to minimise the number of demonstrators. Having talked up a riot in advance, they discourage many people who are sympathetic to the cause from coming out of fear of injury. Then, on the day, by inciting a riot, kettling the crowd or other methods of physical abuse, they discourage people from coming to similar events in future.
Posted on April 8th, 2009 at 9:36am under Activism, Civil liberties, Crime and punishment
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All these CCTV cameras and the best defence an honest subject (we aren’t citizens) has is the video cameras of other subjects. Maybe we should have our own CCTV network? Cameras in parliaments many bars would be a good start.
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