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UK: LONDON: Statement on Hyde Park “disturbances” – Tuesday 19th July 2016

01 August 2016

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"In spite of the scant detail available about the events on the evening of Tuesday 19th, the consistent line to be pulled from the hyperbole of media reporting on the incident is that this was a peaceful gathering of young people who had organised a free event in an easily accessible public place. Again, these reports state that it was only when the police arrived in order to disperse the group that the disturbances began. We believe there is a direct causal link here. On one side the peaceful gathering of young people in order to enjoy a public park on the hottest day of the year at the start of their school holidays. On the other side the arrival of riot police to forcefully disperse this group, using their full array of weaponry."

See: Statement on Hyde Park “disturbances” – Tuesday 19th July 2016 (London Campaign Against Police and State Violence, link)

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