Brick Lane protesters hurt over 'lies'

mkpdavies · 31-07-2006, 10:50 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5229872.stm

Quote:

The protesters had taken over Brick Lane by now, and were being followed by a small handful of police officers who strolled casually behind, at a distance.

One officer, however, did spring into action when a bit of pushing and shoving broke out between a protester and Dan Simon, 28, of south-east London, who admitted he was shouting and remonstrating with the marchers.

He was pulled to one side and given a bit of a talking-to by the policeman. Dan later said he was annoyed the film-makers were "thwarted" by the Bangladeshi community.

"The film should be made, it's not specifically against Islam or the Bangladeshi community itself.

Passer-by Dan Simon was ticked off by the police

"A lot of these people will not have read the book and it's really not that inflammatory."

Notice that the police only "spring into action", when someone who wants to counter the protests says something.

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