British police ‘regret’ arrest of republican leader at King Charles’ coronation – National | 24CA News
British police expressed remorse over the arrests of the chief of anti-monarchist group Republic and 5 others on the coronation of King Charles, following criticism that the safety response was heavy-handed.
London’s Met Police mentioned they regretted that six of these arrested on the occasion had been prevented from protesting throughout the coronation on Saturday. They have had their bail cancelled and no additional motion will likely be taken, the police assertion added.
“We regret that those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere on the procession route,” the assertion, issued late on Monday, mentioned.
The chief govt of Republic, Graham Smith, who was one of many six protesters arrested, mentioned on Twitter that police had apologised to him in particular person on Monday however he deliberate to speak to attorneys about taking authorized motion.
Police mentioned the arrests had been made due to objects which officers believed might have been used to disrupt the occasion.
The police mentioned of their assertion on Monday on that they had been unable to show the protesters supposed to make use of the objects to lock themselves to lock themselves to positions on the coronation route.
Republic mentioned the objects in query had been supposed for securing placards.
One man was additionally arrested for possession of a knife/pointed article.
There had been over 11,000 police on the streets of central London for the coronation, the largest ceremonial occasion staged in London for 70 years, and a complete of 64 arrests had been made.
