This is why 32 police descended upon a quiet residential neighbourhood. Photo by Anne Goodenough.
South Yorkshire Police have, it is fair to say, a troubled history with the people that they are here to serve. So why are they allegedly allowing representatives of multinational firm Amey into the control centre to oversee footage of peaceful tree protests? No protestors are accorded the same luxury – even though complaints have been made by both sides. And why, when the police authorise “reasonable force” against protestors, do they not seem to have a good plan for handling medical emergencies in the midst of a forest of barriers – nor able to make sure the force really is proportionate to the crime?
