Notts Uncut Arrests
Published:
December 17, 2011 22:39
by Notts Uncut |
Neighbourhoods: nottingham
Statement of Defiance
Three people were arrested today whilst taking part in Notts Uncut action outside Topshop. The first arrest was for "refusing to comply with section 14". The woman concerned had been asked to move 20 yards away from the front of the shop. She asked the officer how far that was in metres or where he wanted her to move to (being of a generation which was taught metric) and was promptly arrested. Her disabled husband was arrested shortly afterwards for the same offence and manhandled violently into the back of a police van.
Another protester was arrested in the police station reception later that day for the heinous crime of asking when one of the protesters arrested previously was going to be released.
Notts Uncut believes this to be yet another example of the political policing increasingly being used to stifle peaceful protest. We can only be encouraged by this behaviour as the over-reaction of the "powers that be" only goes to show that we are making an impact.
We will not be intimidated into silence.
We will not be bullied into submission.
To quote a valued member of Notts Uncut "We're here; we're Notts Uncut; and we're still not going shopping"
Contact email: nottsuncutaction@gmail.com
Comments
Remember...
Published: December 18, 2011 00:11
by
Rocker
... Thatcher's private army. Looks like blundering Dave has the same idea.
Disempowering the disabled
Published: December 18, 2011 11:02
by
Worried
I am worried that the public statements around this case and the case of the 'Atos Two' are engaging in the systematic disempowerment of disabled people by making them out to be frail and vulnerable and inherently worthy of special treatment. It is not only quite patronising to people who are very capable of looking after themselves but also helps to maintain an artificial divide between the able bodied and those who 'need to be looked after'. Don't use the disabled to score political points!
Re Worried
Published: December 18, 2011 13:21
by
notts uncut
The reference to one of the arrestees being disabled in this case is relevant as the police making the arrest refused to acknowledge in any way the persons disability and he was treated entirely inappropriately. Totally take on board your points about disempowerment and creating an artificial divide.
Also re Worried
Published: December 18, 2011 13:43
by
Radically disabled radical
I do not agree that this article or the coverage of the case of the 'Atos Two' is making these protesters "out to be frail and vulnerable and inherently worthy of special treatment". In my understanding it was also not implied that these or indeed any disabled persons involved in protests require being "looked after".
Instead I understood the references to their disability as being made to highlight that disabled people are actively engaging in fighting back. That some the coverage of said protests highlights the ridiculousness of charges that often revolve around allegations of intimidation etc. and in doing so not only refers to e.g. the atmosphere on a demonstration but also factors like disability (or for that matter describes someone as a "retired paediatric nurse") is in my view legitimate.
That does not mean disabled persons can’t be intimidating per se, but a bunch of wheelchair users are not very likely e.g. to jump over desks and a charging mob is also less impressive if their maximum speed is 4mph as the NHS doesn’t pay for faster chairs.
wow
Published: December 20, 2011 16:29
by
sem
they arrest you for almost anything in the UK these days.
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