Well, it's weird how one sided those reports are. If this is protests by Kingsnorth in Kent then what you have to remember is that Eon had an extended court injunction prohibiting environmental campaigners away from a power station. Knowing fully of the risk, Camp for Climate Action went ahead with their protest and surrounded the station for over a week. Entire Police force from Medway and whoever was available in Kent - total of 1400 officers from 26 forces were put on 24 hour rosters, recalled from holidays and had pre-booked days off cancelled just so they could attend to several hundred time wasters protesting their outrage at 240V flowing in their sockets and other related 21st century benefits while repeatedly trying to force their way in against court injunction with intent to cause criminal damage. Over 50 people were arrested that week for doing stupid things.
What I'm trying to say. It's not like she was walking around with her buddies, singing Jesus songs and smelling flowers, she then met group of Policemen and took interest in their badges and numbers, preparing for the evening of sudoku around the camp. Try that trick ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Seriously, try sending some sandal wearing munchkin lady from Cornwall to go around police cordon in the middle of action to remove illegal protesters storming power source and tell her to ask the forces to "identify themselves" while her buddy takes pictures. I dare you. Just try. And then we'll see in how many cases you can sob about "they pressure pointed me to the ground". It's laughable. It's trivial. The lady deserves solid beating with led filled batons just to be reminded every now and then they are Police Force, not her chaperones for summer bonfire and those seven days were not exactly book club meeting in woodstock.
And while we are at it - press should stop referring to those things as "environmental campaigns" and other farmazones like "activists boarded coal ship". Environmental terrorism isn't any more "campaign" than Basra is "fitness holiday destination". Capturing someones ship on British waters and removing crew from control is called piracy, not boarding, and is outlawed since 19th century. Everywhere. Perpetrators, in effect, should be referred to, at the very least as pirates or privateers, depending on whether they work for themselves or on behalf of larger group. At no point term "campaigners" or "protesters" applies to their activity. It would be an oxymoron. Like calling Russell Brandt "comedian". Or calling Jordan "artist and book writer"
