Peace protester Brian Haw accuses police after assault at Downing Street which left blood streaming down his face.
Brian Haw was filming the protest when police pushed his camera into his face causing bleeding. He attempted to make a complaint, but officers largely ignored or laughed at him and he was told to go to the police station if he wanted to complain. The sections of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 which this protest was about were an attempt to end the long-term protest in Parliament Square by peace activist Haw. Partly through careless drafting they failed to do this, but made protest, however peaceful, within 1km of Parliament illegal without prior police hundred 'Freedom to Protest' demonstrators made their way around Whitehall through the designated area on Saturday Jan 12, 2008, towards the end of a consultation period on the future of SOCPA , ending with a sit-down in Whitehall outside Downing St, where some were arrested and others carried back to the pavement.
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Location: Downing St, Whitehall, London, England, UK
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