Choked and arrested for asking policeman for badge number

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Arrested for asking a policeman for his badge number

The Guardian has obtained this police footage of Emily Apple and Val Swain being arrested by surveillance officers after asking for their badge numbers at the Kingsnorth climate camp last year. The two women speak to Paul Lewis about their arrest, imprisonment and official complaint

Paul Lewis, Marc Vallée, Laurence Topham and Elliot Smith

Guardian Uk

Sunday 21 June 2009

 

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/jun/21/fit-watch-kingsnorth-arrests

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Avatar Kaptainess -
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As for the women in the video, I would sue the department if they can in England. Hurting the women like they did was uncalled for. Not giving their badge number is against policy. I hope they get justice.

Cops!! I don't like cops. Sorry if there is a cop on LP. I never stole anything in my life, not even shoplifting like some of my teenage friends. It was a policy in my home that if I ever wanted anything to ask for it and Daddy would give me the money for it. I don't do anything illegal. But when I do need the police, where are they?

Recently I have had problems with drug dealers on my block, what did I do? Call the police and complain about them standing on the corner selling drugs. What did the police do? TELL the drug dealers where the complaint came from. YES they did!   I was standing by the windows and I can hear very well, and I heard them. What did the drug dealers do to retaliate? Throw rocks and break my windows in my house.   Nice. I don't like cops. I had three of my car windows broken out, nice. See why I don't like cops?   Maybe they don't like being busy? Too much paper work? Getting a cut of the action? I called three times to have a police report made on my broken windows, think the cops ever came? No. Do I feel safe in my own home that I have been living in since 1969? No, I don't. I don't know what is next. No police protection. I told my Ex-husband who is a Firefighter about this and he can't understand the situation either, especially about the cops telling the drug dealers where the call came from.

We had a drug house a few years ago, they were manufacturing Meth, had a pipe up to the roof for exhaust, and the smell was terrible. Neighbors got together and we had meetings about this house. What did the cops do two hours before they were to raid the house? Drive up in a plain car and inform the people in the house that they were going to be raided. Yes, I saw them do it, I heard them yelling to open the door that the raid was coming, the car was facing the other direction and I could not get a plate number, but I know it was the cops. The house was shut down, no one was there.

Called the police about this contractor dumping trash in our driveway every week, same guy, same truck. What did the 911 dispatch asked me? "Well what do you want us to do about it?" I wanted them to come and do their job for illegal dumping. Did they come? I don't know, I couldn't stand by the windows for hours on end to find out.

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