Police Attack Bristol Prison Solidarity Protest

Taken from Indymedia.

‘New Year, Same Shit’

Four people were arrested when Police attacked a New Year’s Eve Prison Solidarity demo outside Horfield Prison. Around 20 people had gathered outside Horfield to protest against prisons and show solidarity with those inside. Cries of “Happy New Year!”, “Solidarity” and “Fuck the Screws!” could be heard over the soundsystem as people celebrated the coming of the New Year.

The celebrations were cut short by the arrival of two Police officers who upon arriving on the scene liberally applied CS spray and tried to steal the soundsystem (to no avail). More Police arrived shortly and began making arrests. After a brief confrontation people decided to make a tactical retreat to avoid further arrests.

Prisoners inside Horfield showed their support for those on the outside by banging on windows and shouting out to them. A sing-song chorus of “All Coppers Are Dead Coppers” could be heard as the Police began making arrests. The situation inside the Prison sounded just as volatile as it did outside by this point.

At the time of writing, four people are still under arrest. There is no information relating to charges etc.

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