Legal Commentary

Something About International Conferences Brings Out the Worst in Police

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

There must be something about a boatload of visiting foreign dignitaries that brings out the worst in police. Miami’s cops have had to pay out substantial damages for their civil rights violations when we had trade talks here.

And now the British police in London appear to have misbehaved rather badly in their attempt to clear out a peaceful static protest during the G20 summit. See Indymedia London | Videos | Show | film of police attack on G20 climate camp.

Spotted via The Magistrate’s Blog, What Should We Make Of This?.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).