Climate protest in Essex UK police response?

Alpha Papa

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/UK-Climate-Change-Protesters-Hancuff-Thenmselves-To-Lorries-To-Blockade-Coryton-Oil-Refinery-Essex/Article/201010315759485?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15759485_UK_Climate_Change_Protesters_Hancuff_Thenmselves_To_Lorries_To_Blockade_Coryton_Oil_Refinery_Essex



Check out the video attached to this sky news article. Is it just me or does that Essex Police Ford Focus Estate come within inches of hitting them protestors? Im aware they step on roadway themselves. Also the two Merc sprinters trying to block the protestors off the road and then later racing by them to get in front of them.

Not the best organised public order policing operation ive ever seen. But could it be just the way the footage was edited though?

Bares a resemblance to the shell to sea protests but from my memory the AGS operations there where much more organised and disapline then the efforts above.

Any comments/opinions?

shakin

Fuppin crusties, run em down!

Alpha Papa

Is it worth all the paper work that would follow.. haha

shakin

Alpha Papa wrote: »

Is it worth all the paper work that would follow.. haha

all that paperwork wouldnt be very green, so probably not

Don't see anything wrong in that video. When the vans were trying to block the road people were running in the middle of it. People ran out into the road in front of the Focus. And the sprinter looked to have plenty of room to pass the people. You will notice the second one didn't have room to pass so didn't.

And would this not be classified as an un-necessary journey by the biggest polluters on the road?

Police were forced to close the road after 12 women handcuffed themselves to lorries parked to deliberately block the main road leading to the Coryton refinery in Essex.
Demonstrators drove the vehicles to the refinery in an attempt to stop traffic getting to and from the site, which they accuse of exacerbating climate change.

Delancey

Apparently all the protesters were women - poor sisters have never really gotten over the Yanks closing Greenham Common air base and thus removing the excuse reason for their peace camp and their ' sensible ' shoes :rolleyes:

Seems grand to me. It did look a little aggressive the way the van passed by but sure that's what you want.