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Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:41:33 +0100
From: Cornerstone Resource Centre
Subject: EF!NE-ACTION UPDATE No.48 MAY 98

Edinburgh RTS Organisers Detained

Two hours before the Edinburgh RTS was due to kick off, 30 police descended on five of the organisers and detained them for 'suspected conspiracy to cause a breach of the peace'. They also impounded a sound system, banners, the portable zebra crossing, a large barrel full of concrete, a pedal-powered police car and a bike.

The suspected RTS miscreants were held for 4 hours until 'the reason for their detention no longer existed'. Meanwhile the meeting point was swamped with mounted police and 12 van loads with riot gear. No arrests, no charges, no street party.


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