Met criticised over cost of removing Iraq placards
Independent [UK]
05/25/06
Scotland Yard was accused of stifling protest and of 'huge overkill' after the disclosure that 78 police officers had been used in the operation to remove placards from the anti-war demonstrator Brian Haw. The early-morning raid by the Metropolitan Police to dismantle a wall of banners and flags on Parliament Square, outside the House of Commons, on Tuesday cost £7,200. Members of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the Met, criticized its scale. One member, Damien Hockney, said it gave the impression that Britain was 'suppressing dissent by people opposed to the Iraq war'...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article601341.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
05/25/06
Scotland Yard was accused of stifling protest and of 'huge overkill' after the disclosure that 78 police officers had been used in the operation to remove placards from the anti-war demonstrator Brian Haw. The early-morning raid by the Metropolitan Police to dismantle a wall of banners and flags on Parliament Square, outside the House of Commons, on Tuesday cost £7,200. Members of the Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the Met, criticized its scale. One member, Damien Hockney, said it gave the impression that Britain was 'suppressing dissent by people opposed to the Iraq war'...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article601341.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 26. Mai, 17:47
