Students to 'kettle' Scotland Yard today in protest at fees march treatment
As 20-year-old undergraduate Alfie Meadows recovers in hospital from bleeding on the brain after he was hit by a police truncheon during last week's fees protests, fellow students from Middlesex University plan to "kettle" Scotland Yard.
Hundreds of students are expected to take part in the move today, in protest at alleged police brutality in the recent demonstrations.
In an open letter from staff and students, the signatories expressed their “disgust” at the behaviour of police in recent weeks and called for a peaceful protest.
It said: “Over the last month, we have been witness numerous times to police attacks on young protesters, many of school age, with nothing to defend themselves but their passion, anger and sense of injustice.
“The spectacle of brute, armed force marshalled against the young and innocent holds up an unflattering mirror to the society that condones it.”
A second “kettling” protest is being organised at Brixton police station in south London.
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I just hope enough people show up.
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