UK Cops Make Brutal Attack on Irish Traveller Camp
Submitted on October 21, 2011
By Jordan Shilton - WSWS
The eviction of an Irish traveller encampment at Dale Farm in southeast England began on Wednesday morning. Police led an operation to remove those that remained on the site after the high court ruled on Tuesday that plans by...Basildon council to forcibly evict the residents was “proportionate,” ending a 10-year legal battle...Several people were tasered, and at least three were hospitalized as a result of baton attacks. It is the first time tasers have been used for “crowd control” in Britain.
