The criminalisation of political dissent in Britain

Since the start of April, some 300 people have been arrested and detained in just three police operations. The vast majority of these were rounded up in two of these operations, both focusing on a supposed threat to “public order”.

Maintaining public order is now a pseudonym for the criminalising of political dissent.

Even before the G20 summit of world leaders began in London, five people were arrested in Plymouth under the Terrorism Act, reportedly accused of possessing “material relating to political ideology”.

All were released without charge, but the fact that political activism is considered a criminal offence in 21st century Britain was subsequently writ large on the streets of the capital.

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Police Assault a Woman at G20 Protest

New video shows police assaulting a woman at the memorial for Ian Tomlinson who died after being assaulted by police during the G20 protests.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has promised to investigate the incident. What is astonishing is that while there was widespread evidence of police violence during the G20 protests only the most blatantly obvious --one involving a death-- are being investigated.

The IPCC has already thoroughly discredited itself over the way it mishandled the Ian Tomlinson investigation. Whatever comes out of these 'investigations' will be little more than farcical. Meantime the police officer seen assaulting Ian Tomlinson has still not been questioned and we are being told that a post-mortem will take anything up to three years!

Only in police state Britain ...