Actions against the policing bill

[Brainaddict]

Sigh. I don't want to cast shade on the killthebill organisers in London who are obviously working hard for a good cause, but I look at their fb page and it looks like there will be an interminable parade of speakers. When will people get more creative with what a protest space looks like? Why not focus on getting people to talk to each other? Or talking to passers-by? Or making mass phone calls to people? Doing something together rather than listening to people saying things you already agree with?

 

[Brainaddict]

If I turn up to such a thing at all it will be deliberately late, as I have no need to listen to Peter Tatchell or Jo Grady. Think about what your protest is actually doing.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sigh. I don't want to cast shade on the killthebill organisers in London who are obviously working hard for a good cause, but I look at their fb page and it looks like there will be an interminable parade of speakers. When will people get more creative with what a protest space looks like? Why not focus on getting people to talk to each other? Or talking to passers-by? Or making mass phone calls to people? Doing something together rather than listening to people saying things you already agree with?

Under normal circumstances the organisers would be doing a sterling job with that number of speakers as people would drift into nearby pubs, and make new friends and renew auld acquaintance. Sadly the pubs are shut. As for agreeing with the speakers many of the marchers would be incandescent with rage to listen to the views of the speakers, not moved to anger by the cogent arguments of the speakers but because they'd disagree vehemently with the case put forwards.which they would find too liberal. Like MPs saying we will fight this in the committee rooms, we will fight it in the lord's when what at a minimum people really want is a) an end to police brutality and harassment if not an end to police, and b) not some guff about a parliamentary tussle but the bill withdrawn and ripped up. What they'll get is a wall of wind from many of the speakers which could have been and probably was delivered at any number of rallies and demos over the past 30 years

 

[hitmouse]

 

[fucthest8]

Few of my favourites today

 

[bellaozzydog]

in position

and as usual being eyed up as a copper by all and sundry

 

[fucthest8]

Highlight has definitely been the traveller kid deciding he wanted to speak. Heartfelt, personal, think he was a bit taken back by the massive cheering and applause

 

[DaveCinzano]

in position

and as usual being eyed up as a copper by all and sundry

Punch the nearest rozzer in the throat and put your boot up the arse of a police dog and that might set minds at rest

NB I am not a qualified doctor and for legal purposes this does not constitute financial advice

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[AmateurAgitator]

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Where is this?

 

[brogdale]

Where is this?

Bish is Brighton

 

[Pickman's model]

Bish is Brighton

As h.p. lovecraft was providence, rhode island

 

[FridgeMagnet]

London was pretty chilled - cops were just what you'd expect on a normal march. Quite a lot of XR and adjacent there, including some red rebels.

I have like three and a half gig of photos to look through now but will post a few if decent.

My bloody glasses kept fogging up but I tried the tape across the bridge of the nose trick and that does work - next time I will bring micropore tape though, masking tape is not that secure.

 

[brogdale]

London was pretty chilled - cops were just what you'd expect on a normal march. Quite a lot of XR and adjacent there, including some red rebels.

I have like three and a half gig of photos to look through now but will post a few if decent.

My bloody glasses kept fogging up but I tried the tape across the bridge of the nose trick and that does work - next time I will bring micropore tape though, masking tape is not that secure.

Those self-adhesive bendy metal mask nose clips work for me.

 

[Pickman's model]

Duct tape ftw

 

[bellaozzydog]

Truro was bigger than previous. Coppers filming everyone’s faces

A load of megaphone speech’s then a very loud and positive march around the town Center being polite and thanking all the people stopped in cars

good turn out and no dramas at all, a good afternoon holding a placard up, banging my pizza tray when required and just adding to the body count.

onwards and upwards

 

[ddraig]

Few hundred in Cardiff again, promising amount of young people, cops kept back and FIT only lasted about 5 mins after a spycops inquiry participant (and ex urbanite) confronted them
Some young socialist was (I think) trying to argue not ACAB and got booed and shouted down, they also had a butcher's apron which didn't go down too well but they had a big '?' on it which wasn't very clear

 

[CNT36]

Truro was bigger than previous. Coppers filming everyone’s faces

A load of megaphone speech’s then a very loud and positive march around the town Center being polite and thanking all the people stopped in cars

good turn out and no dramas at all, a good afternoon holding a placard up, banging my pizza tray when required and just adding to the body count.

onwards and upwards

I was late no one there but a couple of liason officers and a few kids with beers

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Definitely FIT in London but probably fewer than you'd normally see.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Definitely FIT in London but probably fewer than you'd normally see.

I imagine a few of the regular old faces have taken their files and fucked off into the private sector

 

[BigTom]

I spent an hour or so at the Birmingham demo, was a few hundred people there, fairly standard for birmingham stuff. handful of police liaison officers but I didn't look around the side streets to see if they had vans parked up around the corner. Some speakers I wasn't interested in listening to, idk if they did a march after I left or if anything else is going on.

 

[teqniq]

Kicked off in London:

 

[Shechemite]

XR didn’t get the ‘no live streaming memo’

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Kicked off in London:

See, the reason they're so focussed on getting the hat back is that a copper can't arrest you without his hat on. Some people say that's a myth but this proves it.

 

[bellaozzydog]

I was late no one there but a couple of liason officers and a few kids with beers

you might have arrived as everyone was marching round town

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Good turnout in Brighton again, though down on last demo, prolly due to Easter hols. FIT were bussed in from Surrey, huge plod numbers protecting John St station. Now 200 back at The Level where it started at 1pm. One female arrested afaik for obstructing the highway at the Sea Life roundabout. Which is odd as loads of folk sat down.
For context; two blokes in a BMW decided they'd try to drive straight through the march, until a group of young women spotted this & stood in front of them to keep everyone safe, whilst the driver beeped the horn going nowhere.

 

[JTG]

Rivkah Brown on twitter reckons Bristol's got Lincolnshire Plod in today. They all get a day out down here eventually

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Decent running commentary from London‘s here:

 

[ddraig]

 

[hitmouse]

See, the reason they're so focussed on getting the hat back is that a copper can't arrest you without his hat on. Some people say that's a myth but this proves it.

And with all the public toilets/libraries/spoons closed, that hat would be the only place you could legally have a piss for miles around.

Anyway, GMP continuing to live up to the high standards you might expect: