Unrepentant Met cops justify heavy-handed arrests at Sarah Everard vigil
Daily MailUnrepentant Metropolitan Police officers justified their heavy-handed crackdown at a Clapham Common vigil held for Sarah Everard by claiming that the gathering was morphing into an 'anti-police protest', it has emerged. Scotland Yard is prosecuting six people they claim broke Covid lockdown rules at the vigil on March 13 last year, when hundreds assembled at the bandstand in the South London park following Miss Everard's kidnapping, rape and murder by 'evil' Met cop Wayne Couzens. And in his statement to the court, Inspector Dave Laurie said: 'I remember feeling sad that what started out as a vigil with people adhering to the coronavirus regulations had changed significantly and that I wasn't convinced people were there to solely pay their respects in remembrance of Sarah Everard, and that they did not intend to leave the area any time soon.' Police stand in line at a Clapham Common vigil for Sarah Everard on March 13, 2021 She wrote: 'Why does the Met Police have a vendetta against women protesting a woman killed by a serving officer?
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