Petition against kettling - please sign.

The Young Greens have launched a petition against kettling which they plan to present to the MPA in January. Please get as many people as possible to sign it:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ban_kettling/

*"We the undersigned call for the Metropolitan Police Authority to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) of demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protestors, as it damages the community's trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest."*

On the 24^th November demonstrators were kettled by the Metropolitan Police in Whitehall for up to 9 hours. These demonstrators were prevented from marching to Parliament and were in effect imprisoned and punished for attending a protest. In contrast on the 30^th November protestors evaded the police no damage was caused and the protest remained peaceful until it was kettled and around 150 people were arrested.

When police kettle demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protestors, they damage the community's trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest.
We call on the MPA to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) in order to restore confidence in the police.
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Calling all Londoners: PLEASE SIGN This is a petition to tto the Met Police Authority, so the signatures need to have a London postcode.