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...