“They broke open the front door without warning or ringing the bell first, searching the whole building and arresting six women attending the meeting in a hired room.”
Over 20 Met officers broke into a Quaker meeting house and arrested six women at a climate and Gaza meeting. The suspected crime was conspiracy to cause a public nuisance at a protest that had not happened. Quakers have met there since 1655. UK protest law now reaches the planning stage.