Hahahahahahahaha. & Haha again.
The criminalisation of protest at large, has been enthusiastically policed by the police.
Many peaceful actions and demonstrations have been attacked with some force and enthusiasm. It seems now the police themselves have a grievance and wish to protest, to draw attention to their case.
However, they are now crying in their beer about the restrictions placed upon them.
I might try and go myself.
Intention: to photograph the organisers and scale of the event. To record actions of wrongdoing and public order issues. Thus to provide evidence to prosecute. It might also be interesting if police try to march in their units. Wouldn’t it be lovely to ’shadow’ the Metropolitan Police FIT team.
Police anger at Commons march ‘ban’
Jamie Doward, home affairs editor
Sunday December 30, 2007
The Observer
Police last night accused the government of attempting to ban 10,000 officers from marching through Westminster in a mass protest over their pay award. The demonstration would be the force’s biggest since 1919.
Relations between the Home Office and the force have fallen to a new low, with the Police Federation of England and Wales, the body that represents 124,000 rank-and-file officers, claiming the government is ‘interfering behind the scenes’ over plans for the march to Parliament on 23 January.
Ian Bone blog: Police rent-a-mob paid by union to go on march!
