{"id":55924,"date":"2021-03-14T05:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T09:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55924"},"modified":"2021-03-14T05:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T09:10:46","slug":"covidmania-british-cops-go-crazy-manhandling-women-at-prayer-vigil-for-female-murder-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55924","title":{"rendered":"COVIDmania: British Cops Go Crazy Manhandling Women at Prayer Vigil for Female Murder Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Police round up women mourning London kidnapping-murder victim in crackdown on VIGIL held despite Covid ban (VIDEOS)<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/518048-vigil-clashes-arrest-murder\/video\/604dab0085f5402eef4504db\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>A London vigil for murder victim Sarah Everard &#8212; held in defiance of a police order amid the Covid-19 pandemic \u2013 turned ugly after large numbers of officers arrived and tried to clear people from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Several organizers of Saturday&#8217;s vigil at Clapham Common were reportedly arrested, and footage from the scene showed clashes with police. One clip posted on Twitter shows several women standing on the edge of a bandstand where police congregated, including one holding a sign that says,<em>\u00a0&#8220;We aren&#8217;t safe in our homes.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Four women are then grabbed from behind by officers, pulled back and arrested after several people in the crowd try unsuccessfully to pull them back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1370830431533342729&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fuk%2F518048-vigil-clashes-arrest-murder%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1370830431533342729\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of those women was shown face down on the ground being handcuffed by police in a photo posted by actor and political activist Guillaume Rivaud. Talk show host George Galloway, a former member of Parliament, called the shot a\u00a0<em>&#8220;fatal photograph&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0for Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1370851563233808385&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fuk%2F518048-vigil-clashes-arrest-murder%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1370851563233808385\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Home Secretary Priti Patel said she has asked Metropolitan Police for a\u00a0<em>&#8220;full report&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0on what happened at the vigil, according to Sky News. One clip from the scene shows police being booed and shouted at by the crowd after they stepped onto the bandstand around 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1370830280311894018&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fuk%2F518048-vigil-clashes-arrest-murder%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1370830280311894018\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The March 3 kidnapping and murder of Everard, allegedly by a London police constable, became a rallying cry over the dangers to women on UK streets. 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