RIP Sarah Everard, who went missing from Brixton in March 2021

[editor]

Some pics from today

In photos: Vigil for Sarah Everard at the Clapham Common bandstand

Despite being banned by the police, a huge crowd gathered around the bandstand in Clapham Common at 6pm today to hold a vigil for Sarah Everard.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Manter]

I have to say I’ve never seen such universal revulsion across the political spectrum so quickly. In any sane universe it’s be the end of Dick and Patel; but with this government who fucking knows

 

[wurlycurly]

The BBC just don't get it, yet again. Their headline: "Sarah Everard: confrontation with police at 'unsafe' vigil".

 

[editor]

 

[Winot]

I have to say I’ve never seen such universal revulsion across the political spectrum so quickly. In any sane universe it’s be the end of Dick and Patel; but with this government who fucking knows

Patel was gunning for Cressida Dick already wasn’t she. I doubt Patel will go.

 

[two sheds]

Not sure whether the police violence was too late to catch the newspapers but several lead with the Peoples' Princess

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[Puddy_Tat]

bbc have deleted this headline

they are also getting quite a lot of shit about this one



they have changed the headline on their website to "Teenage girl fights off man who grabbed her on path" but this one is still on twitter

this country's fucked, isn't it?

 

[wurlycurly]

Patel was gunning for Cressida Dick already wasn’t she. I doubt Patel will go.

They should be charging the burly, brutal male officers who violently grabbed and arrested three passive and peaceful young girls leaning on the barrier. That would be a start.

 

[Pickman's model]

I have to say I’ve never seen such universal revulsion across the political spectrum so quickly. In any sane universe it’s be the end of Dick and Patel; but with this government who fucking knows

In any sane world dick's career would have ended after the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes while Patel would be in the outer darkness of the Tory backbenches after her foray into international diplomacy

 

[trashpony]

One of them looked like he was about to lunge at a woman but was held back by his colleagues.

I always wonder about the women. When you see your peers behaving like absolute dicks, how do you just swallow that and carry on?

My first protest in London was when I was a student. They were forcing us onto the pavement on waterloo bridge so it was getting more and more crowded and my boyfriend stumbled and one foot slipped onto the road. They arrested him and slung him in the back of a van. I was separated from other friends, before phones, didn’t know London at all. I asked them very politely to tell me where they were taking him. They told me to shut up you stupid slag or we’ll arrest you too. I was 18.

Never forgotten it.

 

[little_legs]

Apparently they sent in the Territorial Support Group, a riot squad famous for their skull with crossed batons behind it insignia, to attack people who are not even activists, just people who wanted to pay their respects, who probably didn't go to the vigil expecting to be attacked. Smdh.

 

[existentialist]

I never said it was a PR catastrophe. Quick glance at the papers and the level of repulsion is very telling, though. Cressida Dick won't survive this.

The police are hopelessly outnumbered in proportion to the population they control. While "policing by consent" might look like a laughable concept today, the fact remains that if a substantial majority of the citizenry take exception to what they are doing, they just don't stand a chance of prevailing.

I quietly hope that, if they're going to mishandle this situation, they mishandle it properly to the point that increasing proportions of the populace start to say "hang on a mo...".

I'd say that their actions tonight have gone a long way to their achieving that own goal.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Apparently they sent in the Territorial Support Group, a riot squad famous for their skull with crossed batons behind it insignia, to attack people who are not even activists, just people who wanted to pay their respects, who probably didn't go to the vigil expecting to be attacked. Smdh.

Not seen any evidence of that yet - though my earlier post wouldn’t be a surprise that they were waiting in the wings. Have seen a few unsubstantiated tweets that an agent provocateur was present, spouting covid guff, only to be nicked by one of his own plain clothed.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Blueline twitter is weeping tears for The Real Victims in all this

 

[xenon]

The BBC just don't get it, yet again. Their headline: "Sarah Everard: confrontation with police at 'unsafe' vigil".

Fuck the BBC. Spineless, risible out of touch wankers.

 

[little_legs]

Not seen any evidence of that yet - though my earlier post wouldn’t be a surprise that they were waiting in the wings. Have seen a few unsubstantiated tweets that an agent provocateur was present, spouting covid guff, only to be nicked by one of his own plain clothed.

One of our friends went there, she saw their trucks.

 

[Orang Utan]

Blueline twitter is weeping tears for The Real Victims in all this

No wonder if that’s who they sent in

 

[little_legs]

Blueline twitter is weeping tears for The Real Victims in all this

Of course. They persisted.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

what's the emoticon for thinking this is morally the right thing to do, but that it won't end well...

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[Mr.Bishie]

One of our friends went there, she saw their trucks.

Yeah, waiting in the wings.

 

[tim]

Not seen any evidence of that yet - though my earlier post wouldn’t be a surprise that they were waiting in the wings. Have seen a few unsubstantiated tweets that an agent provocateur was present, spouting covid guff, only to be nicked by one of his own plain clothed.

Really, there are enough willing conspiraloons out there without the police having to bother with agents provocateurs.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Go sisters! Wonder if they’ll wheel out Smellie to beat these women as he so loves to do.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Really, there are enough willing conspiraloons out there without the police having to bother with agents provocateurs.

For one, I’m not a conspiraloon, 2 I said unsubstantiated tweets, 3 it wouldn’t fucking surprise me.

 

[ddraig]

Looks like they're a Legal Observer too

 

[little_legs]

 

[tim]

For one, I’m not a conspiraloon, 2 I said unsubstantiated tweets, 3 it wouldn’t fucking surprise me.

Did I suggest that you were?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Looks like they're a Legal Observer too

LO’s get nicked all the time.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Did I suggest that you were?

It was the “really” wot done it in response. As if you thought it not possible. DaveCinzano have you seen owt on your time line about agents of the state?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

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