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%ASTERN "LOCK ARRESTED FOR CAUSING A BREACH OF THE PEACE ON THE l RST DAY OF THE PROTEST #OMMENTING ON THE POLICE TREATMENT TOWARDS HIM -R "ELCHER STATED THAT h4HEY WERE QUITE NICE BUT BECAUSE IT S BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ST OF /CTOBER THERE S 2ACHAEL (ARRISON
,AST WEEKEND A GROUP OF 5%! STU DENTS TRAVELLED TO 3COTLAND TO TAKE PART IN THE NON VIOLENT &ASLANE BLOCKADE SET OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE 5+ S ONLY NUCLEAR WEAPONS BASE (OWEVER WITHIN HOURS OF ARRIVING SEVEN OF THE GROUP WERE ARRESTED UNDER THE "REACH OF THE 0EACE !CT AND WERE PLACED IN POLICE CELLS FOR HOURS ONLY TO BE RE LEASED WITHOUT CHARGE #ONCRETE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO 3AM "ELCHER ONE OF THE 5%! STU DENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE HUMAN BARRICADE OUTSIDE &ASLANE 4HE 5%! STUDENTS TRAVELLED TO
THE BLOCKADE AS PART OF THE %ASTERN "LOCK A GORUP MADE UP OF ANTI NUCLEAR CAMPAIGNERS FROM .ORWICH AND #AMBRIDGE 4HE "LOCK WAS SPLIT INTO AFl N ITY GROUPS -R "ELCHER EXPLAINED THE PURPOSE OF THIS hxBASICALLY A GROUP OF AFl NITY GROUPS DECIDE TO WORK TOGETHER 7E THEN DECIDE TOGETHER WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BLOCKADE SO THAT WE RE NOT BLOCK ADING THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME AND THE BLOCKADE DOESN T COLLAPSE v !MONGST THE 5%! AFl NITY GROUP WERE SEVEN @ARRESTABLES AND TWO MEMBERS WHO ACTED AS THEIR LEGAL SUPPORT -R "ELCHER WHO WAS ACTING AS AN @ARRESTABLE AT THE BLOCKADE FOUND HIMSELF OTHERS FROM THE
BEEN THAT MANY DAYS OF BLOCKAD ING SO THEY RE GETTING A BIT PEEVED AND WERE USING PRESSURE POINTS ON PEOPLE v 0RESSURE POINTS ARE USED BY THE POLICE TO MOVE PEOPLE
WITHOUT FORCE BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS THE NECK AND THE ELBOWS OF THE ASSAILANT 0ROTESTS AND BLOCKADES HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE ANNUALLY SINCE NUCLE AR WEAPONS l RST ARRIVED AT &ASLANE YEARS AGO 0OLICE HAVE NOR MALLY HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PROTESTORS BUT THEIR ATTITUDE SEEMS TO BE CHANGING DUE TO THE IMMENSE PRESSURE FROM THIS YEARgS CAMPAIGN 4HE @&ASLANE CAMPAIGN IS ALSO PUSHING THE LOCAL COURT SYSTEM TOWARDS BREAKING POINT AS THEY CAN NOT FEASIBLY AFFORD TO CHARGE THE HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRIVING EVERY DAY SINCE THE ST OF /CTOBER -R "ELCHER FOUND THIS WAS THE CASE WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS PLACED IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR HOURS
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ONLY TO BE RELEASED WITH A WRITTEN WARNING 3OME PROTESTORS AT THE &ASLANE SITE WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY TAKEN PART IN THE BLOCKADES FOR OVER YEARS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT CHARGE 4HE MOST LIKELY CAUSE BEING THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE NUCLEAR BASE EVERY YEAR CHARGING THEM ALL IS NOT l NANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR THE LO CAL AUTHORITIES 4HE YEAR LONG HENCE CAMPAIGN CAN ONLY ADD TO THIS AND ALONG WITH THE a BILLION PLEDGE THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE TOWARDS NUCLEAR POWER IT APPEARS THAT THE LEGAL SYSTEM AROUND &ASLANE IS ALREADY FEELING THE l NANCIAL BURDEN OF THIS DECISION