cross-posted from : https://lemmy.ml/post/40686362
A police officer at a protest for the Palestine Action hunger strikers strangled a doctor until she passed out by dragging her by the back of her hoodie, the doctor has told Novara Media.
Dr Olivia Brandon was among several medical professionals who gathered with other supporters outside HMP Bronzefield on Wednesday 17 December to demand the prison allow in an ambulance to treat a hunger striker suffering from severe chest pains.
The alleged attack came after police arrested two protesters, including psychiatric doctor Dr Ayo Moiett, who protesters say was targeted both because he is black and because he played a pivotal role in forcing the prison to eventually let the ambulance come.
Footage shows a man walking with the help of a crutch, trying to get past a line of police to reach Moiett following his arrest. Officers then pull him away, at which point one of the officers appears to lose her balance and fall over.
Protesters told Novara Media that it was the man with the crutch who was later arrested and accused of grievous bodily harm, and that it was the incident in this video that police are using as the basis of their claim against him.
what do you know, pigs in the UK are the same as pigs in the US.
That’s the first A
