Chris Huhne
Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh
G20 Report Highlights Inadequate Police Strategies – Huhne
Commenting on Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary’s (HMIC) report on the G20 protests, which finds that police crowd control tactics are ‘inadequate’ and should be reviewed, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:
“Aspects of the policing of the G20 protests clearly fell far short of what this country expects.
“This report documents not just failures of individual discipline, but inadequate police strategies and training for dealing with peaceful protest.
“HMIC is right to say that the police should assume protests are peaceful and facilitate them unless proved to be otherwise.
“We need to be more tolerant of protest in a democratic society, as all of us occasionally find ourselves in a minority that feels strongly on an issue.”