114 arrested on conspiracy charges over alleged plan to protest

[SpookyFrank]

Climate change activists seem to be split into two camps.

1. Eco-toffs and their middle class arse-licking sycophants:

These fuckers want to save the planet by restricting the working class to charabang day trips for holidays so that they can continue their jetset lifestyles on the back of working class carbon savings. Unfortunately, in terms of climate, these daft twats have carbon footprints that far outweigh any savings that would be gained from reducing the working class to forelock tugging peasants.

2. Dozy primmo hippies:

These year zero Pol Pot tits would like us all to scratch a living dirt farming turnips so that we can eat them by candlelight - fucking mental bastards. Yes Reinold, I mean you.

I'd comment properly but I can't be arsed and what I would like to say will probably get me banned.

 

[Azrael]

Interesting article about pre-charge bail conditions (apols if already posted) http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/apr/14/activism-pre-emptive-action

(And how wide open for abuse they are)

I believe people can still appeal to magistrates to have the bail conditions varied. I also remember something about the police only being able to impose conditions if they have enough evidence for a charge, but need CPS approval. You'd have to check with a lawyer on that.

Regardless, the concept of "police bail" (bail that facilitates investigation) is an extension of "investigative detention" and has no place in a common law system. So far as I know Scotland doesn't have it, and we shouldn't either. It's wide open for abuse, and even if it isn't abused, it's not justified.

 

[Azrael]

And the flip side is, serious criminals are being turned loose under these powers.

Like all "tough" law, they're hard on the innocent and soft on the guilty.

 

[Corax]

This does not go nearly far enough.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Wouldn't be at all suprised if the cops had an informer within the group. Wouldn't be a cop or a spook - more like somebody connected with the activist movement who they have 'turned' - possibly through threateneing to prosecute him/her for something else.

Aynone know if MI5 got a dedicated team targetting environmental protestors?

Looks like this answers my earlier specualtion


Police caught on tape trying to recruit protester as spy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/24/strathclyde-police-plane-stupid-recruit-spy

Compelling evidence that environmental activists are beng seriously targetted - and infiltrated - by the secret police
police

 

[lostexpectation]

isn't the reason why most groups don't protest secretly, but make it known they are going to protest,

makes me doubt these type of climate protesters even more.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

yeah, fuckers, they did look like they might be wrong uns eh?!

bloody secret protests (and public ones!!!!!) fuckers

i doubt everyone now, even you....

 

[winjer]

Police will take no further action against 67 of the eco-protesters who were arrested over an alleged threat to Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. The other 47 of the 114 arrested in April remain on police bail pending further investigation.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/h...rotestors/article-1139374-detail/article.html