Police wave people through but later arrest them
From London Green Party Assembly member Zoë Garbett
Following this weekend’s disgraceful policing tactics from the Metropolitan Police against protestors organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) to urge the British government to stop arming Israel, Green Party London Assembly Member Zoë Garbett issued the following statement:
I’m outraged at the way the Met handled this weekend’s protest. Policing is about choices, and it was the Met’s choice to arrest peaceful protestors at such unnecessarily high rates.
The Met cannot have it both ways: repeatedly changing where and how protests can occur, arresting people for breaching overly complex protest restrictions, and posting misleading public statements after the fact is not the way to facilitate protest.
The Met complains when protest groups don’t engage with them, yet when groups like Palestine Solidarity Campaign do work with them in good faith, it seems the Met can’t do the same.
I plan to confront the Met Commissioner directly over this weekend's events the next time he sits before the Assembly. Londoners deserve to know exactly who their police officers are protecting and serving.
