Manchester 8th March, 2014. Fracking Protesters Camp outside GMP HQ, Newton Heath. Some ant-fracking protesters, restricted by bail conditions from demonstrating at the IGAS exploratory drilling site on Barton Moss Road, Eccles, Salford, have set up a camp opposite the Greater Manchester Police Headquarters, in Northampton Road. Banners have been unfurled which claim police are ‘brutal, violent and corrupt’ and also operate as a ‘private army’ for iGas, the company carrying out the exploratory drilling. Credit: Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
"A police chief has hailed the professionalism of officers in the face of anti-fracking campaigners who he says have ‘overstepped the mark’ during the Barton Moss protests. Chief Superintendent Mark Roberts said officers were doing a ‘fantastic’ job in keeping people safe while balancing the rights of the protesters and those of IGas - the company carrying out exploratory drilling at the site in Eccles, Salford. He said he believed some of the protesters were peaceful and even hailed their conviction for spending winter camping in Salford for their beliefs. But he added he thought some had turned up with the intention of antagonizing police officers, who have had ‘personal abuse’ hurled at them. He said: “Some officers might think the exploratory drilling is the right thing to do, some might think its wrong, but they are simply there to keep people safe and to uphold the law. “Some of them have been called ‘Nazi scum’. The protesters have overstepped the mark. “The restraint and professionalism officers have shown has been fantastic.” (Manchester Evening News)
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