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Police arrest 182 at Olympics critical mass in London

UK Indymedia | 05.08.2012 20:43 | Policing | Repression | London

While the London 2012 Olympic open ceremony was underway on Friday 27th July, there was a massive police and military operation underway, which included the use of CS gas, to contain and eventually arrest 182 London critical mass cyclists. The cyclists were held in a police kettle for two hours, handcuffed in buses for three hours and held in a police cell from six hours to two days. Out of 182 cyclists, only 3 have been charged with any offence. However, all have bail conditions imposed on them until September 18th 2012 restricting their freedom to move, assemble, associate and live their lives. Some groups have issued advice that the bail conditions may breach Articles 10 & 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. They point out that "breaching bail conditions is not a criminal offence."

A petition for justice for the 182 has been launched with the following demands:

  1. All bail conditions should be discharged
  2. All data including DNA, fingerprint, addresses etc taken from those cyclists should be removed from all paper and comupter records of police & other agencies.
  3. An independent review of the police behaviour on Friday 27th July should be conducted as a matter of urgency.

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Arrests outside kettle photo: rikkiindymedia(At)gmail[d0t]com
Arrests outside kettle photo: rikkiindymedia(At)gmail[d0t]com


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  1. pic credits — rikki
  2. Ridiculous! — emma Green
  3. TrapWire technology — Hypnotised
  4. Good Cop Bad Cop — Polar Ben

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