SOAS I WAS SAYING

Around 200 demonstrators from the School of Oriental and African Studies gathered outside the London University on Monday (13th) as inside Universities Minister David Willetts was delivering a lecture on public benefit from science and research.

The protesters wanted to confront him and raise attention to the government’s £449 million worth of cuts to the university budget, however Willett scampered away under police guard before any confrontation was possible.

After this events turned disorderly.

Police reaction according to witnesses was unwarranted (nothing new) with extreme brutality used.

At one point a Camden officer on the scene, badge number EK751, was covering his badge number whilst kicking a young man on the ground. Arrests led to a 33yr old man charged with violent disorder, a 15 yr old boy with violent disorder and assault on an officer and two men with wilful obstruction.