The vigil for Sarah Everard should be allowed to go ahead, just as the BLM protests were.

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I'm frankly appalled that the police are opposing the vigil, it wasn't so long ago that people were flocking to central London in their thousands to protest on behalf of black lives matter.

Black lives do matter, and women's lives do too.

AIBU

It was women led is the issue.

BLM protests which i supported we didnt have a vaccine.
This weekends vigil we had vaccineS Just saying

It was women led is the issue.

Let's not forget that the Met Commissioner is a woman though. The Home Secretary is a woman.

They were clearly ordered from the top to be soft on the BLM protests last year. The issue on Saturday is they'd been told not to go ahead with the protest. A vigil is one thing, but placards and slogans hold no place in a 'vigil' and it had become political and aggressive as the evening went in which the police then acted on.

@MercyBooth

BLM protests which i supported we didnt have a vaccine. This weekends vigil we had vaccineS Just saying

The killing of a civilian in Minneapolis didn't warrant such widespread protests in the UK in the middle of a pandemic IMO (as horrifying as it was).

This was a lot closer to home (particularly for those in the local area around Clapham).

Police in Scotland stood idly by when football fans were allowed to celebrate their football team winning by jumping on benches breaking them, setting off smoke flares and crowding together. Yet woman were arrested in London over trying to attend a vigil, and a friend in York at a quiet memorial heard a policeman tell a woman she would be arrested if she swore again !? So many double standards.

@awaynboilyurheid

Police in Scotland stood idly by when football fans were allowed to celebrate their football team winning by jumping on benches breaking them, setting off smoke flares and crowding together. Yet woman were arrested in London over trying to attend a vigil, and a friend in York at a quiet memorial heard a policeman tell a woman she would be arrested if she swore again !? So many double standards.

The police like soft targets. They don't go in heavy handed if they feel threatened.

Again, let's not forget the Met commissioner is a woman (unlike in Scotland).