UK: Court: Police boilers during the G20 will not be
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Court of Appeals in London, gave a landmark ruling on police tactics used against demonstrators during the crackdown on protests against the G20 summit in London in 2009. It recognizes that the Metropolitan Police (MET) broke the law by holding unreasonably and closing hours of protesters in police boilers. The use of such methods during the G20 was therefore deemed illegal. The court also criticized the excessive use of force by officers against the peaceful and does not violate the rights of demonstrators | |
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Police acted on the instructions of the commander of security summit, which ordered the blocking Climate Camp and "emptying" the street with people trapped in a lock, while leaving officers free to choose the means and the scale of force that can be used to perform this task. | |
During the "securing" the April protests in 2009, was the accidental death of a passer, Ian Tomlinson, who was beaten by police. Currently, the process goes on it court's decision today does not outlaw completely closing the so-called demonstrators. boilers and the use of mass arrests, however, is seen as a big failure of the police and a warning against this formation. In a decision imposed restrictions on the use of boilers. According to the police may resort to such preventive action in the last resort in situations of immediate threat of an outbreak of violence. MET intends to appeal against that decision. Proactive people demonstrating legally closing the boiler is also a favorite method of the Polish policeSource: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/14/kettling-g20-protesters-police-illegal
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