A police federation chief has defended the actions of officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard and claimed the event had been ‘hijacked’ by Antifa, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters. Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said that 90 per cent of those at the Clapham Common vigil on Saturday had … Read more
On Saturday I struggled with my conscience. Should I make the journey across London to join a peaceful vigil to express my horror at the murder of Sarah Everard and join hundreds of other women who, like me, have long experience of being harassed in the street and have feared sexual violence? In the end, … Read more
Spotlight falls on senior vigil officer: Man in charge of policing Saturday’s vigil for Sarah Everard is responsible for Scotland Yard’s response to disastrous ‘VIP child abuse’ probe Officer in charge of policing Saturday’s vigil also responsible for the Met Police’s response to 2014 child abuse probe launched after false allegations made Fantasist Carl Beech … Read more
On Saturday I struggled with my conscience. Should I make the journey across London to join a peaceful vigil to express my horror at the murder of Sarah Everard and join hundreds of other women who, like me, have long experience of being harassed in the street and have feared sexual violence? In the end, … Read more
Met Police officers shoved women, pinned protestors to the ground and ‘elbowed people in their faces’ at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive. But scuffles broke out as police surrounded a bandstand covered in … Read more
Ministers were facing mounting fury today over a draconian new anti-protest law that would hand police greater powers to break up events like the Sarah Everard vigil. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will allow officers to intervene in events that are deemed to have caused ‘serious unease, alarm or distress’. The new legislation, … Read more
The woman who was pictured being pinned to the floor by police officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard has called for another protest to take place tomorrow. Patsy Stevenson, who was pictured being held on the floor by police at the vigil, said she attended the gathering in Clapham Common yesterday in support of … Read more
Organisers CANCEL Sarah Everard ‘Reclaim These Streets’ vigil at Clapham Common set to be held today and urge people to stay at home after they lost High Court legal challenge against Met Police By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 07:35 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 07:41 GMT, 13 March 2021 A planned vigil for … Read more
Organisers of a vigil in response to the disappearance of Sarah Everard have begun their High Court battle to overturn a police ban on the event. They said there had been an ‘about-face’ by the Metropolitan Police and were told Saturday’s Reclaim These Streets event would not be permitted due to the lockdown. Downing Street said … Read more
Organisers of a vigil in response to the disappearance of Sarah Everard are taking legal action today after claiming police reversed a decision on allowing it to go ahead. They said there had been an ‘about-face’ by the Metropolitan Police and they were told Saturday’s Reclaim These Streets event would not be permitted due to … Read more