Are The Police Out Of Control?
This arrest story is almost unbelievable - except it is, of course, all too believable. A woman arrested for putting up posters drawing attention to violence against women. Mistreated by police. Left to wait and see whether she will be prosecuted under hate crime legislation https://t.co/8k4ABqA4BW
— Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) January 24, 2022
Certainly seems that way - read this disturbing tweet from Helen Joyce and thread from Sarah Phillimore.
The police treatment of a disabled woman in Gwent is scarcely believable with echoes of what happened to Marion Millar in Scotland.
There's Been Another Sticker! (January 24, 2022)
Apparently there's been another 'sticker incident' this time in Wales where a woman has been arrested for highlighting violent domestic abuse.
The police should be ashamed of getting dragged into such nonsense.
There's Been A Sticker - Women Won't Wheesht (May 25, 2021)
Police Scotland became a laughing stock over the weekend after officers in Kirkcaldy urged the public to report any further sightings of 'controversial stickers' promoting the Women Won't Wheesht campaign.
How embarrassing!