The Metropolitan Police Authority has officially agreed to change their containment policy. We stopped the practice of trapping peaceful demonstrators and secured this win through our collective persistence. Keep watching the police conduct at future protests to ensure they actually follow through on these new rules.
January 25, 2011
Final supporters
"We the undersigned call for the Metropolitan Police Authority to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) of demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protesters, as it damages the community’s trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest."
On the 24th November demonstrators were kettled by the Metropolitan Police in Whitehall for up to 9 hours. These demonstrators were prevented from marching to Parliament and were in effect imprisoned and punished for attending a protest. In contrast on the 30th November protestors evaded the police no damage was caused and the protest remained peaceful until it was kettled and around 150 people were arrested.
When police kettle demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protesters, they damage the community’s trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest. We call on the MPA to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) in order to restore confidence in the police.
(Anyone can sign this petition but in order to present this to the MPA a minimum of 100 signatures must come from people who live or work in the Metropolitan Police District, that is why we ask for postcodes)
This petition is on behalf of the Young Greens (http://younggreens.greenparty.org.uk/)
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Reached 1,000 supporters
December 13, 2010
December 10, 2010
We are approaching the 1,000 signature mark and need a final push to break through this threshold. Post this link on your Facebook wall right now. Text the link to three friends who care about the right to protest.
Reached 100 supporters
December 8, 2010
December 6, 2010
We need to hit one hundred signatures right now to force the Metropolitan Police Authority to look at our demand. Post this link on your Facebook page today. Text three friends and tell them why banning kettling is urgent for our fundamental right to protest.
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I was there and it was terrifying. No water or toilets for hours while they kept us trapped. Never again.
Ban this now. Its just intimidation tactics plain and simple.
total abuse of power. police should be protecting us not trapping us for basic human rights protests
Ridiculous tactics. My daughter was stuck there for hours in the freezing cold just for standing up for what she believes in. They treat everyone like criminals.
Keep protesting! They want us to be scared but we wont be.
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The Metropolitan Police Authority has officially agreed to change their containment policy. We stopped the practice of trapping peaceful demonstrators and secured this win through our collective persistence. Keep watching the police conduct at future protests to ensure they actually follow through on these new rules.
January 25, 2011
Final supporters
"We the undersigned call for the Metropolitan Police Authority to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) of demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protesters, as it damages the community’s trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest."
On the 24th November demonstrators were kettled by the Metropolitan Police in Whitehall for up to 9 hours. These demonstrators were prevented from marching to Parliament and were in effect imprisoned and punished for attending a protest. In contrast on the 30th November protestors evaded the police no damage was caused and the protest remained peaceful until it was kettled and around 150 people were arrested.
When police kettle demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protesters, they damage the community’s trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest. We call on the MPA to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) in order to restore confidence in the police.
(Anyone can sign this petition but in order to present this to the MPA a minimum of 100 signatures must come from people who live or work in the Metropolitan Police District, that is why we ask for postcodes)
This petition is on behalf of the Young Greens (http://younggreens.greenparty.org.uk/)
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 13, 2010
December 10, 2010
We are approaching the 1,000 signature mark and need a final push to break through this threshold. Post this link on your Facebook wall right now. Text the link to three friends who care about the right to protest.
Reached 100 supporters
December 8, 2010
December 6, 2010
We need to hit one hundred signatures right now to force the Metropolitan Police Authority to look at our demand. Post this link on your Facebook page today. Text three friends and tell them why banning kettling is urgent for our fundamental right to protest.
6 Comments
This is supposed to be a free country. Locking people in like cattle is disgusting and wrong.
I was there and it was terrifying. No water or toilets for hours while they kept us trapped. Never again.
Ban this now. Its just intimidation tactics plain and simple.
total abuse of power. police should be protecting us not trapping us for basic human rights protests
Ridiculous tactics. My daughter was stuck there for hours in the freezing cold just for standing up for what she believes in. They treat everyone like criminals.
Keep protesting! They want us to be scared but we wont be.
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This is supposed to be a free country. Locking people in like cattle is disgusting and wrong.