G8 fears as shortage of cells revealed

[struggle4progress]

By Liam McDougall

SUSPECTS arrested in Edinburgh are having to be driven more than 50 miles out of the city by police to find available cell space, sparking fears that officers will be unable to cope with any trouble-makers at the forthcoming G8 protests. <snip>

The sources said that last weekend police cells in the city were so stretched that those arrested in Edinburgh had to be transported 16 miles along the M8 to cells in Livingston in West Lothian. The previous weekend, officers had to take a suspect more than 50 miles to the Borders town of Hawick as it was the only vacant cell.

The situation has raised the prospect of chaos for police next weekend as hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to converge on the capital for the G8 marches.

Frontline officers are concerned they will be forced to ferry violent, drunk or drug-fuelled suspects hundreds of miles before the nearest cell will be found. There are only around 40 cell spaces in Edinburgh. <snip>

http://www.sundayherald.com/50494

[napi21]

1. Gee, wonder if our brave Pres will chicken out?

It must be terroble to be hated by everybody around the world.

I'm not saying he was the greatest Pres, but I sure don't remember BC ever having to worry about visiting anywhere.

[daleo]

2. Maybe Blair can take trouble-makers to some nice tropical island

Cheney says tropical island prisons are really paradises.

[struggle4progress]

5. Yes, Gitmo would be a nice place for The Ownership Society to meet.

[SoCalDem]

3. There's always Diego Garcia....or Yalta

:)

[oblivious]

4. Look at the inflammatory expectations: 'violent', 'drunk', 'drug-fuelled'

No protestors I've known or know of are likely to be like that. I say if there are any like that, they are likely to be planted there by certain groups determined to create just this impression.

And I'm sick of it!

[Maple]

6. How about

the Black Bloc?

There are violent protesters at every summit.

Hence the heavy police presence.

[oblivious]

7. That's just my point. The violent protestors have an obvious agenda.

To discredit the movement advocating peace and justice.

Now who would do that? Advocates of peace and justice? I don't think so.

[arikara]

8. Exactly...

And I just wonder who's paying them to do that.

Who benefits by discrediting the peace movement?

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

9. just watched "the Girl in the Cafe"- GREAT Movie-G8 Summit theme

check it out--I think it was on HBO

[unhappycamper]

10. Indymedia is also covering the G8.

Link:
http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/

For much more on subject, Google: g8 scotland scotland

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. The prisons are packed.

That must be why my Spidey safety-sense has been tingling.

[Toots]

12. Better call on Halliburton quick

They seem to be the world experts on building torture rooms around the world. Use Americans to guard the camps and the world will get to see some new and improved ways to treat human beings. America, Home of the Brave....

[mom cat]

13. That was a good one: call Halliburton to the rescue!

:rofl:

[realFedUp]

14. ahh, thought it was a thread on the shortage of brain cells....

:shrug: