Extinction Rebellion

[treelover]

Not really. For a start, I've never come across anyone who openly felt pride in what they did during the Miners Strike, but I have met a lot who managed to achieve financial stability as the result of all the money that the then government threw at them during that time. Almost all of them have retired now, and we will soon get to the point where almost everyone who qualified for and got a full pension will have retired too. Where there are morale issues with the rest, a lot of it is to how the Met has implemented change at least as much as the cuts - some of the change (the move away from borough-based policing to the larger BCUs especially) was brought in with very little consultation with the public and even less with the staff who would be affected by it.

With regards to "the collective police memory is that they were used and then shafted" - that has been the collective police memory since 1829.

I'm not sure about that, an aquaintance of mine was a Au Pair for a retired Police Superintendant in Sheffield, she said he took great pleasure in showing visitors, his 'war trophies' and his photographs from Orgreave.

 

[Sprocket.]

I'm not sure about that, an aquaintance of mine was a Au Pair for a retired Police Superintendant in Sheffield, she said he took great pleasure in showing visitors, his 'war trophies' and his photographs from Orgreave.

Name and address please?

ETA: Having said that, Anne Scargill has some cracking pictures on her lounge wall!

 

[Treacle Toes]

They were long term, deep cover types and so unlikely to risk exposure by openly encouraging violent/aggressive tactics.

I wasn't specifically referring to deep cover types, although as others have pointed out, they were also doing it. I don't think as a tactic it was risking exposure, getting stuck in legitimised them to peers. I am talking about people who I have personally seen involved in goading, throwing missiles etc. that have somehow managed to disappear through police lines. It was happening frequently during Occupy actions/marches/whatevers, I've seen it whilst being kettled at other demos too.

 

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[Gramsci]

On waterloo bridge now

 

[Gramsci]

They are still here

 

[sunnysidedown]

I ended up in London today so had a walk around the different sites, I thought the setup at MA was quite impressive, it'll be interesting to see what develops next.

And of all the ER symbols I saw around London, I was surprised to see that the plaque on the four horses of the apocalypse at Piccadilly Circus has two etched on it, from 1992.

 

[Gramsci]

Loads of police on South side of bridge. But just walked up steps on north side.

 

[Gramsci]

cops around the lorry

 

[Gramsci]

The south side of bridge

 

[Gramsci]

The lorry is surrounded but protestors are still on top.

 

[teqniq]

 

[Gramsci]

Police are working on putting up a ladder to get protestors off roof of lorry.

 

[Gramsci]

Police working on putting ropes on lorry

 

[souljacker]

Wasn't there people chained to the truck? Gramsci

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Police cleared one of the blocks at parliament sq this evening. It took 2 hours to cut 7 people our of lock on tubes
And now everyone back again

People in Lock ons on the floor, circled by police, circled by about 5 circles of people include ing passers by. Singing.

It was a very ritualistic arest.

It did me in and my daughter's made me go back to hers for sleep

Inductions today were packed

 

[Gramsci]

Wasn't there people chained to the truck? Gramsci

They have gone. People on roof.

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Treacle Toes]

Police cleared one of the blocks at parliament sq this evening. It took 2 hours to cut 7 people our of lock on tubes
And now everyone back again

People in Lock ons on the floor, circled by police, circled by about 5 circles of people include ing passers by. Singing.

It was a very ritualistic arest.

It did me in and my daughter's made me go back to hers for sleep

Inductions today were packed

Big hugs and love to you M. Self care, re-energise etc.

 

[Gramsci]

Protestors on top of lorry. Police taking long time to get them off.

 

[Gramsci]

Looks like police are not going to arrest more people at this time. They are just working on the lorry.

 

[Gramsci]

 

[newtoprotest]

Looks like police are not going to arrest more people at this time. They are just working on the lorry.

Thanks for keeping us up to date.

 

[Gramsci]

Cheering the protestors on the van

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

Police cut free and bring down first protestor

 

[Gramsci]

 

[editor]

Big up everyone who has got involved and supported this.