[g8-sheffield] Fw: witness to police behaviour on Thursday night

[Jillian Creasy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jillian Creasy" <jcreasy at onetel.com>
To: "g8" <g8-sheffield at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:00 AM
Subject: witness to police behaviour on Thursday night


> Dear all
> I had left by the time things kicked off on Thursday night. I have had
this
> email from someone who witnessed things which clearly shook him but is
> prepared to act as a witness.
> Is someone collecting these inciidents? Can someone get back to him?
> Thanks
> Jillian
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ganymede harrogate" <ganymede_harrogate at hotmail.com>
> To: <jcreasy at onetel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:04 PM
> Subject: Re: G8 Protest
>
>
> > Dear Julian,
> > I was involved in the march on the thursday night, and was very upset by
> the
> > treatment of two protesters by the police "snatch squads" in riot gear.
I
> > saw one man arrested, who was not doing anything wrong at all; it seems
> his
> > only crime was being slightly the worse for drink! The second man had
sat
> > with others in a huddle when a police squad formed a "scrum" around him,
> > trying to pull him out. They withdrew after a minute, but the man seemed
> > very shaken and distressed. Do you know if either men intend to complain
> > formally to the police? If so, I might be able to testify as to what I
> saw.
> > Yours sincerely,
> > John.
> >
> > >From: "Jillian Creasy" <jcreasy at onetel.com>
> > >Reply-To: "Jillian Creasy" <jcreasy at onetel.com>
> > >To: "john honneyman" <ganymede_harrogate at hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: Re: G8 Protest
> > >Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:18:54 +0100
> > >
> > >Dear all
> > >
> > >Thanks for you support. It looked as though the police were softening
> their
> > >position so I sent this shortened version of the statement to the press
> on
> > >1st June (with first 140 signatures) and again on the 6th June (with
180
> > >signatures). The latest news is that they will allow a small group of
> > >protestors near the Winter Gardens on the Wed eve and the Cutlers Hall
on
> > >the Thursday eve - otherwise it will be Devonshire Green only. They are
> > >using section 14 of the public order act to ban groups of 2 or more
> people
> > >anywhere else in the city!!!!
> > >
> > >Jillian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Town Hall, Sheffield, S1 2HH
> > >
> > >
> > >6th June 2005
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Dear Sir
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On June 15-17 the  'Justice and Home affairs' ministers of the G8, the
> > >world's seven richest nations and Russia, will gather in Sheffield to
> > >discuss the home front of the 'war against terrorism'.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Whatever one's view of the G8, we urge Sheffield people to oppose any
> > >restrictions on the right to protest. We believe that a blanket ban on
> > >peaceful protests in our city centre would be an outrageous and
> > >unacceptable infringement of our democratic rights.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Yours sincerely,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Cllr Jillian Creasy, Sheffield Green Party
> > >
> > >Lucinda Wakefield, Chair, Sheffield Stop the War Coalition
> > >
> > >Stewart Kemp, Sheffield CND
> > >
> > >Steve Goodacre, Sheffield Friends of the Earth
> > >
> > >James Heath, Burngreave Community Action Trust
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >and 193 individuals as follows:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >John Smith
> > >
> > >Rob Cole
> > >
> > >S Sherif
> > >
> > >Jim Cowley
> > >
> > >Lyn Kemp
> > >
> > >Jane Bloom
> > >
> > >Sophie Macfadyan
> > >
> > >Megan Tomson
> > >
> > >Lily Tomson
> > >
> > >Peter Tomson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Rebecca Hutten
> > >
> > >John Revill
> > >
> > >Tim Rutter
> > >
> > >Philip Satur
> > >
> > >Richard Balthazor
> > >
> > >Natalie Turner
> > >
> > >Chantelle Campling
> > >
> > >Ian Wallace
> > >
> > >Christopher Senior
> > >
> > >Lucian O'Neill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Adam Moran
> > >
> > >Beth Cole
> > >
> > >Mark Swancott
> > >
> > >Celia Mather
> > >
> > >Mike Nutt
> > >
> > >Paul O'Brien
> > >
> > >Julie Elliot
> > >
> > >Eamonn Ward
> > >
> > >Tom Lockley
> > >
> > >Richard Pinder
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Gary Ward
> > >
> > >Sue King
> > >
> > >Jeremy Dittmer
> > >
> > >Richard Roper
> > >
> > >William Thin
> > >
> > >Nick Howard
> > >
> > >Simon Geller
> > >
> > >Angela Roberts
> > >
> > >Dan Lyons
> > >
> > >Dr Sarah Dadswell
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Jenny Patient
> > >
> > >Ray King
> > >
> > >Ankie Hoogvelt
> > >
> > >Bev Cross
> > >
> > >Kathleen Holliday
> > >
> > >Helen Todd
> > >
> > >Gary Stimson
> > >
> > >Graham Wroe
> > >
> > >Rob Wood
> > >
> > >Paddy Moran
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Alistair Tice
> > >
> > >Peter Scott
> > >
> > >Sue Taylor
> > >
> > >Sophie Postlethwaite
> > >
> > >Paul Boizot
> > >
> > >Danny Antrobus
> > >
> > >Alice Collins
> > >
> > >Mike Tomson
> > >
> > >Robin John Ouzman
> > >Amparo Perez-Gutierrez
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Kathleen Brown
> > >
> > >Leni Solinger
> > >
> > >Andy Gordon
> > >
> > >Rick Auckland
> > >
> > >Dr Charles Heatley
> > >
> > >Michael S Broadhurst
> > >
> > >Melanie Broadhurst
> > >
> > >Dr Anthony Frascina
> > >
> > >Alison Jinks
> > >
> > >Graeme Ritchie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Annette Taberner
> > >
> > >Matt Hegarty
> > >
> > >Allan Moffatt
> > >
> > >David Robbie
> > >
> > >Adrian Budgeon
> > >
> > >Dr Willy Kitchen
> > >
> > >Carol Wroe
> > >
> > >Graham Hall
> > >
> > >Helen Scarlett
> > >
> > >Kath Cripps
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >John Vardy
> > >
> > >Caitlin Merrett King
> > >
> > >Adam Medcalf
> > >
> > >Scott McCracken
> > >
> > >Dougald Hine
> > >
> > >James Littlewood
> > >
> > >Liz Gregson
> > >
> > >Anne Davies
> > >
> > >Kay Nicholson
> > >
> > >Heather Rostron
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Susanne Hartley
> > >
> > >Stuart Bloom
> > >
> > >Jane Bloom
> > >
> > >Dilys Noble
> > >
> > >Hannah Lucas
> > >
> > >Alistair Griggs
> > >
> > >Davy King
> > >
> > >Peter Bayliss
> > >
> > >Lucy Atkinson
> > >
> > >Gary Hunt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Kath Clements
> > >
> > >Jackie Knight
> > >
> > >Fiona Nicholson
> > >
> > >Jill Gibson
> > >
> > >Stuart Mee
> > >
> > >Daniel Abrahams
> > >
> > >Paul Nizinskyi
> > >
> > >Edward Maltby
> > >
> > >Jane Woodin
> > >
> > >Ada Jinks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Christina Hespe
> > >
> > >Lee Rock
> > >
> > >Debs Maxfield
> > >
> > >John Downing
> > >
> > >Sally Beeston
> > >
> > >Steve Barnard
> > >
> > >Russell Stearman
> > >
> > >Kate Elliott
> > >
> > >Bryan Hopkins
> > >
> > >Mark Wrangham
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Miriam Dobson
> > >
> > >Ben Winston
> > >
> > >Stuart Thomason
> > >
> > >Dr Julie White
> > >
> > >Jol Miskin
> > >
> > >Mark Cohen
> > >
> > >Tony McGovern
> > >
> > >Bob Banks
> > >
> > >Helen Hodgson
> > >
> > >Jax Blunt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Joseph Noble
> > >
> > >Sarah Jane Palmer
> > >
> > >Bernard Little
> > >
> > >Nasim Ali
> > >
> > >Pat Durrant
> > >
> > >Gary Grief
> > >
> > >Robin Luxan
> > >
> > >David Garlovsky
> > >
> > >Dave Parsons
> > >
> > >Heather Hampson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Sue Harris
> > >
> > >John Cotton.
> > >
> > >Dilys Noble
> > >
> > >Lorna Warren
> > >
> > >Susannah Bird
> > >
> > >Belinda Wilson
> > >
> > >James Cooper
> > >
> > >Robert Spooner
> > >
> > >Margaret Spooner
> > >
> > >Graham McAll
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Nigel West
> > >
> > >Maureen Edwards
> > >
> > >Christine Healey
> > >
> > >Jasmine Warwick
> > >
> > >Prof Michael West
> > >
> > >Hannabelle Stevens
> > >
> > >David Ryder
> > >
> > >Alison Higgins
> > >
> > >Vanessa Siddall
> > >
> > >Tom Stafford
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris Taylor
> > >
> > >Harriet Cameron
> > >
> > >Dr J A Foley
> > >
> > >David Nicol
> > >
> > >Kathy Aston
> > >
> > >Frances Brindley
> > >
> > >Richard Simpson
> > >
> > >Mary C Rogie
> > >
> > >Lisa Wallace
> > >
> > >Graham Benson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Analeen Moore
> > >
> > >Mary Williams
> > >
> > >D Woodall
> > >
> > >D Parsons
> > >
> > >Sarah Jane Hamshere
> > >
> > >Natalie Kenley
> > >
> > >Clive Broom
> > >
> > >Kate Pinder
> > >
> > >Dr Andrew Manasse
> > >
> > >Janet Milton
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Jon Baker
> > >
> > >Bev Booker
> > >
> > >Gina Clayton
> > >
> > >Mike Fitter
> > >
> > >Bo Khan
> > >
> > >Scott Fletcher
> > >
> > >Susannah Gent
> > >
> > >Thomas Salmon
> > >
> > >Sally Brooks
> > >
> > >Anna Colvin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Abi Gibbens
> > >
> > >John Honneyman
> > >
> > >Graham Knapp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: john honneyman
> > >   To: Jillian.Creasy at Sheffield.gov.uk
> > >   Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:04 PM
> > >   Subject: G8 Protest
> > >
> > >
> > >   I support the protest agaist the g8 failure to act to "Make poverty
> > >history"
> > >   and object to the Sheffield police's violation of our right to
> > >peacefully protest, by not allowing the protest in Winter Gardens.
> > >   Yours,
> > >   John Honneyman,
> > >   Harrogate.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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