JEREMY CORBYN MP, "THE RIGHT TO PROTEST" IN THE UK, 16 April 2009

http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1171/1/

Stop police brutality: protesting is not a crime

The Guardian has published a series of videos which show the police at the G20 demonstration on 1 April out of control, violent without cause and illegally using the Public Order Act to remove the media from the scene of their crimes, among which were the events which led to the death of Ian Tomlinson.

Stop the War predicted protest death

Stop the War predicted to senior police officers, after our Gaza demonstrations in January 2009 were attacked by the police, that it was only a matter of time before the aggressive and inflammatory policing tactics on demonstrations brought tragic consequences.

Video of police attack on Ian Tomlinson

The death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests confirms what we have been saying for some time; that the police's current attitude towards protest is confrontational, provocative and dangerous. Ian was not a G20 protestor, but was just making his way home after work.

In June 2008 the Metropolitan police banned and attempted to criminalise a protest at the visit of George Bush to London. They have since tried to bring serious charges against up to 20 participants. In January this year they brutally attacked demonstrators protesting against the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Since then the police have raided the homes of some of those that protested.

The tactics of forcible corralling - so called 'kettling', police assaults on overwhelmingly peaceful protestors and home raids on participants, add up to to a major attack on the right to protest.

A review of the confrontational and often brutal policing methods on lawful public demonstrations is now a matter of urgency to ensure that we have no more tragedies like the death of Ian Tomlinson.

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[disney06]

I was there im not a middle class cunt, working class, just lost my job i was there!!

[regvarney]

Whatever drugs you"re taking Queenie please desist as you"re making even less sense than normal and believe me that"s saying something.Stil waiting for your in depth defence of the Iranian regime.

[regvarney]

Any thoughts on that Iranian execution ,Queenie?I think as far as you"re concerned the sun shines out of President Dinnerjacket"s arse.

[regvarney]

Well Jeremy" public school" Corbyn isn"t going to be much use to you getting another job is he?

[regvarney]

What is this obsession of yours with cancer?Of course you don"t resort to swearing when you haven"t got a decent argument do you?

[regvarney]

What a bunch of middle class cunts.

[eclectic9eel]

Society knows how to have a peaceful protest, quite mature you might say.

Authorities are showing moral development lower than a 7 year-old! "I'll cover up the fact that I smashed that window- no-one will notice!!" Time for change, get the school psychologists in for the one's with learning difficulties please.

[solway56]

Good interview!