Follow the latest developments as Boris Johnson prepares to meet with Cressida Dick ... Police said four arrests were made at the vigil to "protect people's safety". These women were only here to remember the victims of male violence but were subjected to it themselves. A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest about the societal backdrop to her death. A … Ms Everard walked through Clapham Common on a way back from a friend’s house before disappearing on March 3. Tearful mourners have been gathering at the bandstand all day - with many placing flowers. EastEnders star Milly Zero has revealed that she got caught up in an altercation with police officers while attending a vigil in tribute to Sarah Everard on Clapham Common… Unfortunately, the whole thing turned ugly as the London Met responded in a heavy-handed manner, clashing with those who attended, leading to at least five arrests. She said: “The level of police violence today was immense. Whatever they did, trying to stop the whole thing by force was something that should have been avoided at all costs. I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. A tweet from the Lambeth police account said: “The gathering at #ClaphamCommon is unsafe. The Duchess of Cambridge arrived on Saturday afternoon to pay her respects to Sarah Everard, Kensington Palace said the duchess “remembers what is was like to walk around London at night before she was married.”. Tess, 23, said the police ban had not put her off. We are a long way from there as it stands, but what happened last night on Clapham Common should remind us that the road to authoritarianism can be a fast-moving, slippery slope. The right sometimes has issues it wishes to protest against and this bill passing into law would make it more difficult for that to happen without considerable risk of violence. “We can’t put our supporters at risk, quite frankly we can’t put ourselves at risk in that way, and so really they’ve left us with no other option.”. It has a personal angle; so many woman feel that this could have happened to any one of them. Hundreds of people disregarded a judge’s ruling and police requests by gathering at Clapham Common in honor of Sarah Everard, 33, who last was seen alive near the south London park on March 3. Several female organisers were arrested and bundled to the ground as supporters shouted: “Arrest your own!”. Sarah Everard vigil - latest: Protests outside parliament as Tory MPs say event was ‘hijacked’ by extremists. She added: “For every time something like this happens, it makes women scared to walk the streets. Camilla, 23, said: “Sarah could have been anyone of my friends. cores of protesters clashed with officers after defying a police ban to pay respects to Sarah Everard in Clapham Common on Saturday night. “We are urging people to go home and we thank those who have been engaging with officers and who are leaving.”, Attendees shone their phones at the vigil. “The police relied on Covid regulations to disperse a peaceful vigil. Let the vigil go ahead and whatever happens, don’t have the cops storm in and start grabbing women who turn up in Clapham to pay their respects. Stopping people from coming together in large groups is a hallmark policy of any dictatorship. A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest about the societal backdrop to her death. The reaction for some to this incident will be, ‘They were told to stay away’; that those who attended the vigil did so knowing they were going against a public order. We have to do something to protect our sisters and mothers.”. By 8.30pm, most of the area around the bandstand had been cleared and police, who brought in police dogs at one stage, left the park. Whatever you want to say to distract from this unfortunate fact – he was off-duty at the time of the alleged offence, this is hardly representative of the wider work of the Met – it influences how this whole horrible incident is perceived. A sea of flowers and messages on cards had built up at the park’s bandstand - one message reading: “#I Am Sarah”. Remember the anti-lockdown protests and the crack-down that occurred at many of them – that could be about to get a whole lot worse. At one point, there were clashes with police who put on a large show of force to encourage people to go home. The right to gather, in protest, vigil or otherwise, is an important one in any liberal democracy. To put it bluntly, this affects us all. We’re concerned about the police’s failure to consider our fundamental human right to protest.”. Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring remanded Couzens in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on March 16. A vigil was planned for tonight in Clapham, south London (Picture: PA/REX) A vigil in south London for Sarah Everard has been cancelled after talks with the Metropolitan Police failed. There have been calls for Cressida Dick, the Met Commissioner, to stand down in the wake of the whole thing. I think this response ignores two big issues. It attacks one thing in particular which is alarming: unless a protest or gathering of any kind is completely silent, the police have the legal right to break it all up. There is an authoritarian creep here that we should all be worried about. When moral duty combines with smart public affairs, what happened last night seems unforgivably wrong-headed. People were told to stay away by the police beforehand – they came anyhow. Wayne Couzens, a serving Met Police officer, has been charged with her murder and kidnap. It has been organised in memory of Ms Everard, although others have joined the crowd in protest against what many saw as heavy-handed policing tactics used at a vigil on Clapham Common … The other is the whole question around policing throughout Britain once Covid restrictions are removed. Couzens appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning following his arrest on Tuesday. Some of the extra powers it would hand the police to break up protests border on draconian. Tensions then escalated as police tried to clear the vigil from the area. , Get the latest developments around the world, The Spectator Australia's Morning Double Shot delivers a hearty breakfast of news and views straight to your inbox, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP, No, Meghan Markle isn’t going to be president, March of anger is a political power play, nothing more, Labor won in the West for all the worst reasons. The problem runs deeper though when you consider the profession of the victim’s alleged murderer, which I’m afraid cannot be ignored. As should be obvious, no protest could or would ever be silent, so this is essentially a diktat to halt any protest the government doesn’t like the look of. Demonstrators said they wanted to draw attention to the fear and danger many women see as a daily part of British life. Not divert it or even kettle it – bring it to an immediate end, by force if necessary. Independent legal observer Zehrah Hasan, of Black Protest Legal Support, said at least five people mostly women were arrested. One is that the feeling about what happened to Sarah Everard is deep and widespread, particularly in London and even more so amongst women who live in the capital. Earlier on Saturday The Evening Standard spoke to attendees. Here is Michele Theil's account of the Clapham Common ... aggressive behaviour exhibited by the Met Police or for the arrests. If you are thinking that the powers offered by the Home Office’s latest bill will somehow only apply to left-wing protests like Extinction Rebellion, think again. Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain March 13, 2021. cores of protesters clashed with officers after defying a police ban to pay respects to Sarah Everard in Clapham Common on Saturday night. People gather to lay flowers in Clapham Common in remembrance to Sarah Everard Credit: w8media Greater Manchester Police said they were … One protester Charlotte, 20, from Clapham, said: “I live one minute away, and it happened on the route I walk every day. Just before 6pm to the sound of a drum, a group of women shouted: “Not in her name” and “Not your place.”. People were told to stay away by the police beforehand – they came anyhow. They cancelled the event on Saturday morning encouraging people to “shine a light” from their doorstep at 9.30pm instead. Organisers of the vigil, Reclaim These Streets, said the police threatened them with fines of £10,000 each if the protest went ahead. Given this is hardly the first time she’s mishandled an important policing matter, perhaps now is as good a time as any for London to have someone else running the force. It’s terrible.”, Her friend Georgia, 19, who was carrying a bouquet of flowers, add: “I came to show solidarity with Sarah and her family, so they know she will never be forgotten.”, Oliver, 25, who lives in South London, said: “As a guy, this is a show of support that women won’t fight the battle alone. What makes me even more concerned about this than I otherwise would be is the Home Office’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, published this week. What made it all the worse was that the Duchess of Cambridge showed up at the vigil, giving it the feeling of an occasion that should have been tolerated. Earlier on Saturday the Duchess of Cambridge visited Clapham Common Bandstand to pay her respects to Ms Everard. In other words, given the fact that the prime suspect in the murder of Sarah Everard happened to be a serving member of the London Metropolitan Police should have meant that the politics of the day were a no-brainer. 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Caitlin Prowle, one of the Reclaim These Streets organisers, said “The police’s lack of co-operation and unwillingness to engage with us to find a compromise means that we can’t go forward in good faith. I worry that the crisis has made police forces across the country more aggressive and that even after our freedoms have technically been restored, we could see many more ugly clashes that aren’t strictly necessary between peaceful protestors and police. Reclaim These Streets said they would "strongly encourage people not to gather this evening on Clapham Common". Angry crowds shouted “shame on you” and booed loudly when police walked onto the bandstand at around 6.30pm. Given this and the fact that Clapham Common is massive and could easily accommodate a crowd of several thousand with everyone social distancing the whole time, the police should have allowed it to proceed peacefully, only making sure social distancing was being practised. Four women were arrested at the candlelit vigil at Clapham Common Credit: London News Pictures 13 Sarah's family said they were grateful for the overwhelming support Credit: supplied by … Hundreds of people are tightly packed together in breach of the regulations and risking public health. BBC BREAKFAST viewers took to social media to slam the news programme's coverage of the Clapham vigil on Saturday held in memory of Sarah … We have had a tendency to take it for granted in the past but what’s happened over the last year should make us vigilant again. Yet this was only one of the big issues upon which last night threw a negative light. image caption Many who gathered at Clapham Common held signs protesting violence against women.

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