Kelly-Jay currently being arrested in Leeds

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She's live streaming on YT

Well the 14 that she counted in the bit of the video I watched and the 'Plus 1' with his flag/placard who was uninvited lol. In fairness he had a flag at least

Our old friend Richard Firth:

"I didn't go to the counter protest myself but we had one of our group standing away and observing. He tipped us off about the cops arriving and told us not to go to the location."

twitter.com/RJFirth/status/1307646989706891265?s=20

Whether they have form or not, they still have to use the law. I'm unclear what law was actually broken. They say the rule of 6, but I believe the wee gathering would have fallen under one of the exceptions (one thing they'd have needed to have would have been a risk assessment).

@OvaHere

Surprised police got involved really.

I'm not. Their involvement was politically motivated. WYP have form for this against women. They knew the gathering was fine.

Absolutely.

I wouldn't be surprised if legal action against the police follows.

@SorryImKnew

Whether they have form or not, they still have to use the law. I'm unclear what law was actually broken. They say the rule of 6, but I believe the wee gathering would have fallen under one of the exceptions (one thing they'd have needed to have would have been a risk assessment).

They have already stated they have done a risk assessment document.

Goady fuckers are best ignored. They'll stop borinh the shite out of us sooner

Lol. Spartacus. So true the lesbians and the pizzas and the chairs

Btw, I haven't had a change of heart, I just hate police wielding powers they don't have. I'm not going to be burning my bra or anything soon.

See pic I posted. Risk assessment was done

Don’t burn your bra. Think about climate change fgs

Yup. Every single person with a political view they might want to express should be concerned.

This. Who would have known, a few years ago, that protesting for women's sex based legal rights would be considered "not political", inflammatory, unkind etc etc and not worthy of a hearing?

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Thank you

@SorryImKnew

Btw, I haven't had a change of heart, I just hate police wielding powers they don't have. I'm not going to be burning my bra or anything soon.

Well, yes that's the point. Just wait till you find out about hate incidents and how the police deal with them.

Have you heard of Fair Cop?

From my experience of dealing with complaints against police, they'll get nowhere. 'The officers did not breach any blah me hole...'. So I wouldn't hold out much hope on that score. That said, my DD was a trade unionist and I protested at leisure in my student years. While I don't agree with the premise of the views held by the protesters, I do believe in a right to protest. Without interference from police.

That should say my Dad, not dd was a trade unionist.

@SpartacusAutisticus

There was more than 14 people.

Even watching on my tiny phone screen I counted more than 14.

Makes a change from '8 lesbians' though.

Maybe they can only count lesbians? Not all the women there were lesbians.

[quote SoManyActivities]@JKRismyPatronus

'Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History' is meant to be a slogan on the wall of a bar in neon lights that you pose in front of, with an oh so rebellious drink in hand, and then post on Instagram to prove your feminist credentials.

Women aren't actually meant to be badly behaved or cause a scene. They are meant to be kind and unproblematic. That is definitely how women got all the rights they enjoy today.[/quote]

Btw, I've read the full thread and to the poster who asked, I presume the reason that the woman lying on the floor got up so swiftly was because they might have mentioned resisting arrest to her?

@TheFleegleHasLanded

You can legally buy a woman for £5 in Leeds but women cannot speak about their rights....

This.

Well the 14 that she counted in the bit of the video I watched and the 'Plus 1' with his flag/placard who was uninvited lol.

The meeting was due to start an hour or so later.

You are not resisting arrest by lying down. It is a basic of peaceful protest.

From my experience of dealing with complaints against police, they'll get nowhere. 'The officers did not breach any blah me hole

That's your experience. Fair cop succeeded against them and so will Posie.

I'm sure women are giving bjs for a fiver all over the UK, but since that area is a safe zone, they go there rather than hide in dangerous parks or whatever. I doubt it's confined to Leeds.