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18-06-2019
Here’s why I’m one of 152 people who want the police to stop labelling protesters as domestic extremists
On 17 June, the Guardian published a letter from 152 politicians, lawyers, academics, journalists and campaigners calling on the police to stop labelling protesters as domestic extremists. Emily Apple, The Canary, 18 June 2019
I’m one of the people who signed that letter. And I’m one of the people the police call a domestic extremist. According to my police files, my first entry on the domestic extremist database was in 1999 when I was arrested for trying to stop arms dealers travelling to a weapons fair. I know first hand the damage this label does and exactly why it should be abolished.
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