Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Disgusting Abuse of Power
Tim @ Bloggerheads has a great rundown of the time when Brian Haw was ostracized, but here is a small summary is this blatant abuse of power.
This is what our Police Forces does for us: On Wednesday they confiscated Brain Haw's hand-held bell. When the Chief Inspector was asked what was going on, he informed Brain that that the police had acted in order to "prevent the bell being used as a potential missile". When police finally returned the bell at 3pm, it was found that the clapper inside had been removed. And they returned it immediately after Blair travelled past!
Over 25 of them descended on Brian at 2:30 am in the morning to remove his placards.
What more evidence is there that the police are there solely to protect Tony from the reality of what is going on? God forbid he should see a protestor.
I'm just amazed that the police didn't quote the Anti-Terrorism Act. It seems to be the cure-all for illegal abuses of power. And who's the threat to democracy now?
UPDATE - 26/5/06
The story by the Daily Mail - they say the operation cost over £7,000.
UPDATE 5/6/06
Oh, it actually cost £27,000. Don't worry though - Ian Blair will be looking to find out who leaked this embarrasing information, so we won't have to worry about such things in the future.
This is what our Police Forces does for us: On Wednesday they confiscated Brain Haw's hand-held bell. When the Chief Inspector was asked what was going on, he informed Brain that that the police had acted in order to "prevent the bell being used as a potential missile". When police finally returned the bell at 3pm, it was found that the clapper inside had been removed. And they returned it immediately after Blair travelled past!
Over 25 of them descended on Brian at 2:30 am in the morning to remove his placards.
What more evidence is there that the police are there solely to protect Tony from the reality of what is going on? God forbid he should see a protestor.
I'm just amazed that the police didn't quote the Anti-Terrorism Act. It seems to be the cure-all for illegal abuses of power. And who's the threat to democracy now?
UPDATE - 26/5/06
The story by the Daily Mail - they say the operation cost over £7,000.
UPDATE 5/6/06
Oh, it actually cost £27,000. Don't worry though - Ian Blair will be looking to find out who leaked this embarrasing information, so we won't have to worry about such things in the future.
