http://www.katebelgrave.com/2014/04/video-and-pictures-from-police-breakup-of-anti-eviction-protest-in-camden-today/
I was a witness today to the eviction of mark a member of a group I belong to Kilburn Unemployed Workers group. Mark is a vulnerable man who suffers mental health issues, he was evicted as a Camden official deemed his room too small in a private house, the landlord has a larger room but didn't want to have someone on housing benefits living in it. Camden said they only can offer a room in hostels outside of London where he will be isolated, as a group we showed up in support of mark, the outcome was 14 protesters arrested by 30+ riot police and one being transported alone. A black man in his 50s who was as peaceful as others, in light of the Leon Briggs inquiry and call for Leons Law, police to wear cameras at all times interacting with the public, I think this links and highlights the cause. Also an older man john was arrested, passed out, turned blue and subsequently taken into an ambulance to a medical Centre. The incident today is upsetting. Mark was taken to Camden housing, with a friend and member of kwug and turned down again for emergency housing. He has no funds for a hotel. He's sleeping on a friend's floor.
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