Saw in the Guardian today....
Protests seem to be all the rage and police are clamping down pre-emptively!!
In the wake of all the attention being placed on the police handling of protest groups for the G20, it's clear that new police energy is being placed in preventing more of the same. The article is incredibly vague of course... (ever seen Minority Report?)
Power station protesters released on bail
114 people arrested for allegedly planning to target a power station were released on bail, police said today.
Scores of officers swooped on a school in Sneinton, Nottingham, yesterday, saying the suspects posed "a serious threat" to the safe running of the nearby Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant.
From a spokeperson:
"Police have gathered a large amount of evidence which they are now reviewing.
"From the information gathered, police believe that those arrested were planning a period of prolonged disruption to the safe running of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station.
The spokesman added: "Information received during the operation indicates that a number of those arrested may be linked to a group of climate change protesters who have set up climate camps."
A spokesman for Camp for Climate Action, which has protested at both power stations, Heathrow airport and the G20 summit in London earlier this month, refused to comment last night.
.... And yet, with all that hardcore use of "allegedly, believe and may be" .... still no hardcore charges made against any of them. Hmmmmmm
Another article in the Independent really sums it up for me:
Leading article: Mass arrests have no place in a democratic country
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