Comments on: Oxford: Police stopped ‘lawful protest’ http://www.scouseveg.co.uk/2007/06/01/oxford-police-stopped-%e2%80%98lawful-protest%e2%80%99/ Liverpool Vegetarians and Vegans Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MarsCampaign.org http://www.scouseveg.co.uk/2007/06/01/oxford-police-stopped-%e2%80%98lawful-protest%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-21933 MarsCampaign.org Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:00:04 +0000 http://www.scouseveg.co.uk/2007/06/01/oxford-police-stopped-%e2%80%98lawful-protest%e2%80%99/#comment-21933 It's despicable - It happens so often that the Police believe their loyalties should lie with Institutions, and corporations rather than the public. Their responsibility is to the public - protecting the people, and therefore protecting their rights, including the right to free speech and protests. Such things are much too common - for example the ban on "protests" in parts of whitehall - (without a permit?) which saw one lady - yes, just one person - being arrested for reading out names. It's great that this case has come to light though, and that the judge saw sense. It’s despicable – It happens so often that the Police believe their loyalties should lie with Institutions, and corporations rather than the public.

Their responsibility is to the public – protecting the people, and therefore protecting their rights, including the right to free speech and protests.

Such things are much too common – for example the ban on “protests” in parts of whitehall – (without a permit?) which saw one lady – yes, just one person – being arrested for reading out names.

It’s great that this case has come to light though, and that the judge saw sense.

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