Tag: Police Intimidation

In a scene straight out of East Germany's Stasi playbook, a grandmother got a visit from two plainclothes police officers – not for committing a crime, but for daring to criticise Labour councillors online.

Niall McCrae recounts an unpleasant encounter with the police at a recent protest against a new migrant detention centre. He was told his placard – urging the authorities to focus on Women's Safety' – was 'offensive'.