Cheers for the advice, Anna,
It's not the fear of "trouble" as such (I've always wanted
to knock a policeman's helmet off) but rather the current
climate and the focus of the march which may lead to
"crowd-control" issues.
Anyway, I may still go. Hope everyone else who goes has a
good time, and most importantly I hope the voices of true
democracy are finally listened to by the government.
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:13:49 -0000 Anna Charles-Jones
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> Herkiran,
>
> A couple of years ago as a student I went on the Grant not Fees
> March in London along with 30000 others. As a wheelchair user I
> decided to March with my University not the SWD crowd at the
> front... we got into the inevitable bit of trouble :-) when we were
> faced with a line of policemen charging towards us in a rather
> unfriendly manner! Needless to say that the Police saw me and
> stopped charging letting me through the line and therefore away
> from harm...this of course brings up a completely different point
> about why I didn't get into trouble with my non-disabled friends?!
>
> However, if you want to go on the march, do. There will always be
> the die-hard protestors who make it their business to get into
> trouble (they generally sit in the middle of the road and/or charge at
> police as hard as the police charge at them!) If you want to join this
> group then do so at your peril, otherwise there is likely to be an
> even bigger crowd of people who just want to march peacefully (if
> not very noisily!) and I see no reason why you would come to any
> physical harm doing this. If you are worried, stick to the edge of
> the road where you will have a much clearer view of what is going
> on ahead and the opportunity to side-step any trouble.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Anna Charles - Jones
> Project Assistant
> Centre for the Promotion of Social Inclusion
> Manchester Metropolitan University
>
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