Posted on 03/14/2021 11:59:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Women's rights activists in the UK are reeling from the Metropolitan Police's heavy-handed approach at a Saturday night vigil for Sarah Everard, a 33-year old who was murdered while walking home in South London earlier this month.
Throughout the day, mourners had flocked to the bandstand of Clapham Common, an area where Everard was last seen, in a tribute to her life. But they also came in an act of solidarity, as an acknowledgement of the shared, omnipresent experience of intimidation, violence and harassment that women constantly face in public spaces. A series of evening vigils from organizers "Reclaim These Streets" had been planned Saturday across the UK. The main event, at Clapham Common, was cancelled after the Met said they couldn't go ahead, citing coronavirus restrictions. The organizers asked people to shine a light on their doorstep instead for Everard and for all women affected by and lost to violence.
Less than an hour after the gathering began, officers moved in to inform people that they were breaching Covid-19 regulations and had to leave.
In a statement on Sunday morning, the Met Police said they "absolutely did not want to be in a position where enforcement action was necessary," but that "we were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people's safety."
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They did have for the London bombings.
This is shocking because it is unexpected.
You hear of jihadis raping or killing and you think “ ok, what’s new? Islam always does that”.
But a Bobby doing that is unusual.
The same way the Germans committing the holocaust was so horrifying, was because they were a highly civilised nation. Turks doing that? Ah ok...
It's not. I've seen other footage and the police were totally heavy-handed and zealous in their enforcement of COVID restrictions, blatantly tone-deaf considering the victim was following the safety guidelines that the police themselves had recently released only to be murdered by one of their own.
The police needed to have stood down and hung their heads in shame while the people expressed their anger.
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