Graham Smith said Met officers should hang their heads in shame after 52 detained in central London
Police who arrested anti-monarchy protesters before King Charles III’s coronation have “destroyed whatever trust might have existed between peaceful protesters and the Metropolitan police,” the chief executive of the campaign groupAfter six members of the group were arrested at about 7.
“It is notable that King Charles has said nothing about these arrests. Rather than defend our liberty and values, he is content celebrating his anointment as monarch while citizens are locked up.” Scotland Yard said officers made 52 arrests on Saturday for offences including affray, public order offences, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. “Lock-on” devices were seized during the arrest of the Republic organisers, a police statement said, but the group denied having any such equipment. It claimed one protester was arrested for possession of string that was part of a placard.
The council, however, said the devices were for the Night Stars volunteers to give out to vulnerable women and they were. They also gave out flip-flops, vomit bags and water to revellers in need.
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