🔴 Police had received intelligence protestors were planning to throw paint and vandalise monuments during the coronation the Commissioner of the Met Police has said, as he defended the arrest of dozens of demonstrators.
Police had received intelligence protestors were planning to throw paint and vandalise monuments during Saturday’s, the Commissioner of the Met Police has said, as he defended the arrest of dozens of demonstrators.on Tuesday, Sir Mark Rowley said the threat to the coronation was so “concerning” that the Home Secretary and Mayor of London were given late night police briefings on Friday night, just 12 hours before the event.
The Police has come under heavy criticism from civil rights campaigners, with Human Rights Watch describing their action as “something you would expect to see in Moscow not London”.forced into an embarrassing climbdown over the arrest of six anti-monarchy campaignersHowever, Sir Mark has defended the policing of the coronation, describing the occassion as “one of the most significant events the Met has ever policed”.
“This included people intent on using rape alarms and loud hailers as part of their protest which would have caused distress to military horses. Sir Mark also challenged the assertion that there had been a “protest ban” at the coronation, arguing such a description was “simply not accurate”.
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