Braking news (sorry, sorry) reaches my sofa that Tom Brake, attending the protest as a legal observer, was among those not permitted to leave the City cordon zone operated for several hours by police yesterday.
See the tardily-uploaded CNN report here. (Watch out also for the economically literate and articulate protester on just before Tom – quick, send that man a copy of The Storm and a membership form!)
h/t Will Rhodes
UPDATE: Tom has since put up a video of his experience in the kettle on Youtube.
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So apparently there are “serious civil liberties issues”… no shit!
The police commanders who were responsible for employing this tactic must be held to account.
May also have more news on tasers being deployed in raids today – will update if these reports are substantiated.
Or for those of you who are friends of Tom’s on Facebook, you can check out his report from the frontline on his Facebook page.
What on earth can be the legal justification for the police detaining a Member of Parliament in this way?
Surely this is as serious a matter as the Damian Green affair?
Andy M11,
If you do have reports of tasers being used during the G20 protests the 2 Liberal Democrat Members of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), Dee Doocey and Caroline Pidgeon would I am sure be pleased to hear from you – or indeed others who were at the protests. The MPA will be looking at the way the protests were policed.
You can contact Dee or Caroline via email at .
Umm, very ignorant question Alix…
What’s ‘The Storm’?
Oh dear, dear, dear! You haven’t been reading your favourite website enough.