Police called to Green Party Conference

[theOtherPamAyres]

They were handing out leaflets outside the Green Party Conference.

The police were called by TRA activists. I have to assume that the callers described a major disturbance involving transphobic protesters because five officers and a police horse attended.

This is a council building, but the leafleters were moved on nevertheless.

Inside the Conference, the TRas were busy defacing notices.

Will no-one raise this interference with our democratic right in Parliament? Will no-one direct the police to be more circumspect about allegations of transphobic attacks?

I wonder if some of these boys were locked in the coal celler when they were kids by mum, granny, sister...

Holy shit.

The thought police do know that the actual, real, nee-naw police aren’t interested in thought crime, don’t they?

Don’t they?

The citizens advice link there is for Scotland - not sure if the law is different in England / Wales?

I thought wasting police time is an offence?

didn't see the Scottish bit

The only thing I can find for England, is a dispersal order

But again, why 3 women handing out leaflets, but not shouting/intimidating Activists.

www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/dispersal

The police don't want trouble - they would (I expect) have been polite but firm about asking the women to move on (despite having no legal grounds for it), and, much like the ManFriday crew when they went swimming, being polite, responsible members of society, the leafleters will have moved on as asked rather than kick up much of a fuss.

It's the problem with actually being responsible. We want society to be better, we want to model that better society, so civil disobedience doesn't come naturally.

I can only think that the officers and horse were diverted from more pressing duties - a busy city centre, several festivals and sporting events including a Bristol Rovers match.

The call must have described a serious public order situation to have diverted five officers and a police horse.

I think someone who was there needs to put in those FOI requests.

And - Times newspaper and Andrew Gilligan - there's a story here!

5 officers and a horse for those three women with flasks of tea?

Jeez. Someone was tantrummimg.

On a side note, I see our little denizen of "Oxford B" describes himself thus: "queer, cis, he/him."

So white straight guy appropriates "queer" culture. Again.

It's all about the appropriation with these fuckers, isn't it?

God I hope lawyers start handing out the leaflets. I'd love to see how that would go when the flying squad arrive.

That horse must have been knackered.

Must have taken it ages to canter down to Bristol from West Yorkshire.

Won't someone think of the horses?

And we are expected to buy it when they say they havent enough manpower to attend crimes.

Dispatches is covering that issue on Monday.

Different area, but in Manchester in the last two weeks police have: not attended 4 burglaries on the same street over 2 separate nights, not attended a very serious attempted sexual assault (which thank FUCK DH’s friend happened upon walking home from the pub and pulled the guy off the terrified first year student) and not attended a very dear friend’s pleas for help when her abusive shite of an ex turned up and banged on her windows for an hour calling her all sorts. Bristol police, can you send Manchester some funds please? You must be rolling in it.

For crying out loud

They really are having a narcissistic meltdown, aren't they?

The police must have felt like prize prawns. Maybe the nice ladies gave the horse sugar lumps

Popchyk

But how did the horse identify?

Barracker I speak horse. He's called Susan. And he wants you to respect his life choices.

/thedoctor

We did quite well in my town despite terrible rain and a very cold day. No one even argued with the two of us. One woman handed her postcard back, saying she disagreed but that was as controversial as it got

Did the police say why they were moving them on? Because I thought they had to give a reason - unless it's obvious, like hurling abuse.

Links to be made to Suffragetes and horses as required (sure, racehorses rather than police horses but still...).

why susan, why is it always susan?

Actually, I have it on good authority that it was an alsatian who identified as a horse. Trans-equine if you will.

it was in Bristol though. Home of the Woke.

Jeez the polis moan about not having enough resources to tackle crime yet there they are
3 women with leaflets
Omg
Them tra must be so afraid of 3 women with leaflets they have a police cordon
The wee weedy tra
Haha

But just one thing they can never be us.

There we go
Don’t matter how much they tantrum
They can never be us