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Arrests made after protest against ID card scheme



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Published Date: 03 December 2008
By Nick Ward
POLICE made a dozen arrests after a group of anarchists staged a protest at the Home Office buildings in Sheffield.
Members of the Anarchists' Federation arrived at Vulcan House in Millsands on the Riverside in Sheffield city centre at around 8.30am to mount a protest against the Government's ID card scheme.

After being refused entry by security staff many of the protesters chained themselves to the building forcing hundreds of staff to enter via the emergency exits.

The protesters were warned by police that they would be arrested if they did not move on.

By 11.30am officers had cleared the area after making 12 arrests for alleged aggravated trespass.

Those arrested were taken into custody and spent the rest of the day being questioned.

Student Will Wright who acts as a spokesperson for the Anarchists Federation said: "The demonstration was against the national rolling out of ID cards for non-EU nationals as well as against ID cards in general.

"The police treated us very fairly and warned us that anyone who failed to move on would be arrested."

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  • Last Updated: 03 December 2008 6:50 AM
  • Source: Sheffield Star
  • Location: Sheffield
 
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Dave Glossop,

03/12/2008 10:00:43
The security should have shown Wallis a bar of Soap! He's have run a mile!
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NothernSoul,

03/12/2008 12:32:39
How can they afford not to work and go protesting?
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SleepyHead,

03/12/2008 12:51:38
Maybe they took a day's holiday?
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Lewis Skinner,

03/12/2008 13:37:02
Maybe they're students? Oh wait, the article SAID that!

Read the article properly before making snide remarks BS - I mean NS
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this place is mad,

Sheffield 03/12/2008 14:07:31
Regardless of the employment / student status of these protesters I say good on 'em! At least they are prepare to make a stand against this Government who very soon will know what we citizens are doing before we do!

We should all make a stance against these ID cards. The Government cannot look after the data it holds at the moment. Does everyone realise that when you drive across Sheffield your number is logged and recorded by the state. CCTV creeping everywhere, very soon you will be tracked as soon as you leave your house door.

Give us back our liberties. And i for one will be booking a day off work to protest against ID cards - perhaps you know that is exactly what the protesters did this morning!
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Dave Glossop,

03/12/2008 17:52:43
This place is mad, Have you been on Glue as you clearly don't have a clue as to what your talking about?
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Defy ID,

Walkley 03/12/2008 18:28:17
I hope the reporter is going to correct the mistakes made in the article:

*Activists from around Yorkshire were involved in this.

*Noone was refused entry as noone was trying to enter the building anyway. (it was shut at that time so of course noone would be allowed in)

*Staff were able to get in through one of the other staff entrances. Members of the public weren't allowed in as one of the doors blocked was the one leading to metal detectors etc and the Home Office decided it couldn't couldn't allow members of the public into the building without riffling through their belongings first.

*11 people were arrested, not 12.

*By 8pm everyone had been released with a caution.

Also I believe you have actually misquoted the 'spokesperson',
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Defy ID,

Walkley 03/12/2008 18:29:28
I hope the reporter is going to correct the mistakes made in the article:

*Activists from around Yorkshire were involved in this.

*Noone was refused entry as noone was trying to enter the building anyway. (it was shut at that time so of course noone would be allowed in)

*Staff were able to get in through one of the other staff entrances. Members of the public weren't allowed in as one of the doors blocked was the one leading to metal detectors etc and the Home Office decided it couldn't couldn't allow members of the public into the building without riffling through their belongings first.

*11 people were arrested, not 12.

*By 8pm everyone had been released with a caution.

Also I believe you have actually misquoted the 'spokesperson',
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Defy ID,

03/12/2008 18:31:33
I hope the reporter is going to correct the mistakes made in the article:

*Activists from around Yorkshire were involved in this.

*Noone was refused entry as noone was trying to enter the building anyway. (it was shut at that time so of course noone would be allowed in)

*Staff were able to get in through one of the other staff entrances. Members of the public weren't allowed in as one of the doors blocked was the one leading to metal detectors etc and the Home Office decided it couldn't couldn't allow members of the public into the building without riffling through their belongings first.

*11 people were arrested, not 12.

*By 8pm everyone had been released with a caution.

Also I believe you have actually misquoted the 'spokesperson',
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Kal77uk,

Sheffield 03/12/2008 19:26:05
Students are forced to carry NUS cards but prove they are students. So what is wrong with non-EU students having to prove they are here legally.
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