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United Kingdom: Police attack Barton Moss anti-fracking protestors
2014-02-16 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: After anti-fracking protestors scored an important legal victory at Barton Moss, Manchester Police responded with outright violence and intimidation. The message was clear: 'Never mind the Courts and Judges. We are are the law.' This is political policing, re-enforced with overt aggression - what took place today appears to be political policing in favour of a corporate agenda. After the District Judge had declared Barton Moss Road a public footpath (see here), and the successful blockade of...
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