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RHUBARB& CUSTODY

Met Cops hit a new low this week – targeting a soup kitchen handing out food to the homeless. The ‘Reclaim your food’ collective were handing out free soup near The Oval, London (as they do every Sunday). Twenty cops in two vans – plus a CCTV crew - turned up to ensure that this act of flagrant charity did not go unpunished.

Enraged by the free organic bread, skipped soup and insurrectionary rhubarb crumble on offer, the plod had no choice but to act. Two of the servers were arrested, while everyone else was held in a kettle and photographed. All this because they were causing alarm, harassment and distress to the local ‘community’ and apparently ‘attracting crack dealers’ (well we all know how much they love a good crumble with the cops!)

SchNEWS’s man on the scene has made a short film - see www.veoh.com/videos/v6333168tbH5b25n

* Please support reclaim your food. Email: reclaim_your_food_brixton@riseup.net

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