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Greta Thunberg: Case thrown because of 'no evidence' (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by GreatAlbatross to c/unitedkingdom

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago

"It is quite striking to me that there were no witness statements taken from anyone in the hotel, approximately 1,000 people, or from anyone trying to get in," he said.

"There was no evidence of any vehicles being impeded, no evidence of any interference with emergency services, or any risk to life."

He said that the protest was "throughout peaceful, civilised and non-violent" and criticised evidence provided by the prosecution about the location of where the demonstrators should be moved to, saying the only helpful footage he received was "made by an abseiling protester".

Really called out the cops on their bullshit there. Polite but direct. I like it.