Freedom group to protest in Worthing (From The Argus)
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Freedom group to protest in Worthing
3:50pm Tuesday 5th June 2012 in News
A protest group has said it will picket outside Worthing Police Station in anger at “an outrageous attack on freedom”.
Members of the Worthing Freedom Campaign have announced that they plan to picket outside Worthing Police Station in Chatsworth Road, Worthing, at noon on Saturday, June 9.
They made the claim after Sussex Police and Worthing Borough Council announced that a dispersal order was being introduced in Worthing.
This came into power on Friday, June 1 and will last the whole summer.
It means police will have the power to move groups of two or more people on if they feel they are causing trouble.
But the Worthing Freedom Campaign – whose symbol incorporates the Sussex Police emblem and a Swastika – said they were not happy about this.
It is not a blanket ban on groups or a curfew on young people – powers to disperse people are only used if they are acting antisocially
Acting Superintendent Ian Pollard
They said in a statement: “An outrageous attack on our freedom has been launched by Sussex Police in collaboration with Worthing Borough Council.
"They have imposed on us the type of draconian legislation that would normally be deployed by a dictatorship trying to put down a revolution.
“The police have said it is about protecting businesses and the council say it is about the Jubilee and Olympic festivities.
"This is not good enough. We don’t need this fascist law in Worthing. This is a town not a prison camp.”
Acting Superintendent Ian Pollard, Sussex Police’s district commander for Adur and Worthing, said: “We are aware of some people’s concerns about how the Section 30 order was introduced and how it will be used.
“Unfortunately, there has been quite a lot of misinterpretation about the order online, which has heightened this concern.
"I can reassure that it was introduced specifically to help tackle antisocial behaviour by some street drinkers in the area, which was reported as a problem by the community.
"It is not a blanket ban on groups or a curfew on young people – powers to disperse people are only used if they are acting antisocially.
“I’ve already spoken to a number of people who raised the concerns to explain when and why the powers are used and would ask any other people who would like more information to contact me or their neighbourhood policing team.”
Comments(18)
Maxwell's Ghost
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4:30pm Tue 5 Jun 12
Round them up.
sbiscorrupt
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4:35pm Tue 5 Jun 12
But there is no need for a section 30 imposition, as there are already plenty of laws to deal with 'street drinkers', along with existing alcohol restriction areas...Why don't the police use these existing powers instead of this indiscriminate blanket measure?...
The acting superintendant speaks with forked tongue it appears!!
billy goat-gruff
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4:53pm Tue 5 Jun 12
AmboGuy
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5:15pm Tue 5 Jun 12
billy goat-gruff wrote:'terrorists' !!! You really are a muppet.
the terrorists have already won if our freedoms are being eroded on the pretext of tackling 'anti-social behaviour'!
pwlr1966
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5:56pm Tue 5 Jun 12
Royal Window Cleaners
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6:08pm Tue 5 Jun 12
Maxwell's Ghost
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6:54pm Tue 5 Jun 12
There are a few of them with proper jobs the rest are third sector pretenders.
D360
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7:23pm Tue 5 Jun 12
Dr.Draconian
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10:56pm Tue 5 Jun 12
mimseycal
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11:07pm Tue 5 Jun 12
Andy R
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8:18am Wed 6 Jun 12
AmboGuy wrote:Really? You didn't think protests happened anywhere other than Brighton?
That's amazing. I thought surely it must be impossible to protest anywhere else than Brighton! Please please every other protest group follow their lead and take your protests to Worthing.
You really have managed to sum yourself up quite nicely in three short lines of text.
Well done.
mimseycal
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9:08am Wed 6 Jun 12
EDL Supporter
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10:29am Wed 6 Jun 12
mimseycal wrote:Clearly not, I would say that he's the one who's managed to sum himself up quite well with his post!
Ever heard of tongue in cheek Andy R?
Well he's not too bright you know!
gaz scott
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3:20pm Wed 6 Jun 12
mimseycal wrote:Actually AmboGuy's pretty good at taking things literally when it suits him.
Ever heard of tongue in cheek Andy R?
mimseycal
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4:17pm Wed 6 Jun 12
AmboGuy
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10:46pm Wed 6 Jun 12
mimseycal wrote:I think this has gone waaaay over Gaz's head....again.
Mayhaps ... but this time, it certainly was tongue in cheek!
I guess the average SmashEDO thug isn't the sharpest tool in the box!!!
Joelshep
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1:08pm Thu 14 Jun 12
This goes down to an individual level, other than purely for our 'professional name tags'.
I had a great long chat with Ian Pollard, and was very comforted by his faith and trust in his team at Worthing. However, it did take a few takes to get the moral questions of "Is this necessary, with the powers of law & section 5 that already cover this behaviour", and that 'thought police' (and thought PCSO's) that can prevent behaviour in people that they think may possibly occur, abit too far.
It just makes you wonder the motives of whoever originally wrote this legislation.
AmboGuy says...
4:24pm Tue 5 Jun 12