How many police officers does it take to arrest an anti-Royal Wedding pensioner? Around 20 it would seem...
In a staggeringly heavy-handed and over-the-top operation (funded, of course, by the taxpayer), three police cars and two police vans turned up yesterday at the home of Professor Chris Knight and his partner Camilla Power and arrested them and fellow street-performer Patrick Macroida. Their "crime" was organising the Zombie Wedding, an anti-Royal Wedding street theatre event planned for today. I think it's probably fair to say that the police hadn't expected to find a Channel 4 film crew there (they were filming for their show The Unofficial Royal Wedding to be shown on Monday), but hey, life is full of surprises!
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said “This evening, 28 April, officers arrested three people – two males aged 68 and 45, and a 60-year-old woman – in Wickham Road, SE4 on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance and breach of the peace."
You can read more at The Guardian and Dangerous Minds, and keep up to date with the latest developments on the Right Royal Orgy Facebook page.
