Palestine Action protest Ex-royal adviser among 31 arrested in city

POLICE in Bristol who arrested 30 people for silently holding up signs - including a former adviser to the King - said they tried to explain to them that what the sign said constituted a criminal offence before taking them into custody.

- Tristan CORK

Police on the scene at College Green on Saturday, where dozens held up signs showing support for Palestine Action

The mass arrest on College Green took more than three hours on Saturday afternoon as police officers arrested one protester after another and led or carried them away to waiting police vans.

The protest was part of a national campaign to challenge the Government's decision back in June to proscribe the direct action protest group Palestine Action. The protesters lined up and wrote on signs the words: 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action'

Many of those being arrested told officers that the police themselves were breaking the law for being complicit in genocide in relation to Israel's military action in Gaza.