Yesterday, a protest occurred outside the Hallward Library on the University Park Campus, to raise awareness about the Israeli West Bank barrier, aka 'the wall'.
Wall goes up
Wall gets sprayed
Police arrive
Wall gets dismantled
Yesterday, a protest occurred outside the Hallward Library on the University Park Campus, to raise awareness about the Israeli West Bank barrier, aka 'the wall'. A mock wall was constructed and spray-painted with slogans and images.
This protest caused a lot of comotion from a number of parties and after Nottingham Uni security failed to apprehend the situation, the police were called. This resulted in the threat of arrest to a number of students; breach of the peace, assaulting a police officer, 'filming a police officer'(!), obstructing a police officer and obstruction of the highway.
One student was arrested to 'apprehend a breach of the peace', despite actually doing very little wrong.
The wall was dismantled (rather symbolic given the context) and moved on after about half an hour.
Police state, anyone?
This protest caused a lot of comotion from a number of parties and after Nottingham Uni security failed to apprehend the situation, the police were called. This resulted in the threat of arrest to a number of students; breach of the peace, assaulting a police officer, 'filming a police officer'(!), obstructing a police officer and obstruction of the highway.
One student was arrested to 'apprehend a breach of the peace', despite actually doing very little wrong.
The wall was dismantled (rather symbolic given the context) and moved on after about half an hour.
Police state, anyone?
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Solidarity
01.12.2007 19:05
Let's show solidarity with the arrested student and the protestors who were disrupted by the police. If we don't this kind of thing will become the norm.
ftp
Seems democracy walls get taken down in China & Notts university
01.12.2007 20:10
hoped its big links with Chinese unis might help chinese students get access to more democracy, shame!
what was the arrested specifically arrested for?
which highway were you obstructing?didnt seem like it?
What are the university thinking about?
Seems democracy walls get taken down in China & Notts university.
there were recent victories against the police FIT teams monitoring DSIR armstrade organisers. Check indymedia uk pages, the polices own evidence eventually proved their own charges were total rubbish
Maybe students should start wearing black armbands to mourn the death of democracy at notts uni like the women in black antizionist & antiwar protesters. Chinese students & bejing workers put on black clothing & armbands in mourning & resistance against the Chinese government & battalions.
JJ
More Info
01.12.2007 23:01
Obstruction of the highway was barely mentioned. In fact, the police, as usual, had very little idea what the legal grounds for anything were.
Glen
keep it real
03.12.2007 09:23
observer
this time keep it really real
03.12.2007 12:53
spectator