From: slider@atashram.com

POLICE have dispersed hundreds of people gathering in two of London's
parks, for the fourth night of illegal raves in the capital.

Cops attempted to shut down two large "unlicensed music events" which
caused "significant disruption" following hundreds of people crammed
together on Clapham Common and Tooting Bec Common.

This is the fourth day of illegal raves in the capital - causing Met
Police to enhance their operation.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/11972953/police-clapham-tooting-rave-pride/

Specially-trained officers have taken to the streets of London to disperse
the unlicensed rave in Tooting, and the unofficial Pride event in Clapham.

Met Police Events tweeted: "Officers are at the scene of two large
unlicensed music events in Clapham Common & Tooting Bec Common.

"They are dispersing those in attendance.

"We understand the impact these are having on the local community.

"Officers will remain at both scenes until the events are cleared."

Meanwhile a third illegal rave was reportedly held in Springfield Park in Hackney.

Two people were stabbed nearby in Clapton, although it is not known if
there was any link.

Around 1,000 cops were on standby on Saturday ready to deal with any
trouble after three nights of trouble at street parties in the capital.

It came 24 hours after illegal street parties were broken up in Kensal
Green, Newham and Maida Vale yesterday, with seven people arrested after
police were pelted with objects.

Officers also broke up another rave in Tottenham, North London.

Dispersal orders - giving cops the powers to move people on - were issued
in Hackney, Upminster, Lewisham, Kingston, Notting Hill, and Paddington.

Met Police commander Bas Javid said officers were "doing a very good job
in some difficult circumstances".

And he warned: "If these situations do descend into chaos and violence and disorder, which is completely unacceptable, we will take a much more
thorough and a robust position."

Disturbances in Clapham and Tooting Bec come as the capital battles
illegal gatherings for the fourth time this week.

Commander Bas Javid said in a video tweeted by the force: "As today's
protests come to a close, we are maintaining a significant policing
presence in London tonight.

"That's because, throughout the last week, we've seen a series of
unlicensed music events take place across London, some of which have
descended into disorder.

"That is something we will not tolerate.

"These events are unlawful, they are unregulated, and we will take a very
firm position against them."

He continued to say that the police were informed that similar music
events were set to take place tonight, prompting the team of "specially-trained" officers to take to the streets of London.

He ended: "We will take a very firm stance and close down these events."

Earlier this afternoon, people draped in bright, rainbow colours were seen meeting in Clapham Common for an 'unofficial' Pride gathering.

London usually hosts one of the largest Pride events, attended by hundreds
of thousands of people each year.

However, because of coronavirus, the event which would have taken place on Saturday was postponed.

2020 marks the official 48th anniversary of Pride events in the UK - with
the first being organised in London in July 1972.

A local, Paul Halliday, tweeted that there was "more like 2000" people on Clapham Common, with the whole of the north side "rammed" without a police officer in sight.

On Wednesday dozens of officers were also injured in violent scenes in
Brixton, south London, which saw at least one police car trashed, and left
22 officers injured.

The UK's most senior officer said police "closed down several before they
even got going", but condemned violence in Colville Gardens, Notting Hill,
as "completely, utterly unacceptable".

She said: "These events are unlawful. They shouldn't be happening and we
have a duty to go and close them down and to disperse them.

"The local communities hate them, (it is) incredibly anti-social
behaviour, very noisy during a pandemic and sometimes (there is) violence.

"For our officers who are simply doing their duty to be attacked is
utterly unacceptable."

### - unlawful/unregulated, unlawful/unregulated, unlawful &
unregulated... repeat it enough times to make the association until it
sticks? images and vids of these gatherings look entirely peaceful and
happy, the only thing 'wrong' with them being untaxed events!

it certainly didn't start out that way though, people were just lookin' to
have a good time as the lockdown becomes increasingly relaxed and it was
the police that has turned these spontaneous events into 'criminal' activities...

fact is pubs, bars and clubs are still under lockdown rules here and wont
be relaxed until after 5th july next in a weeks time, so people have no
other recourse otherwise but to go outside and have a drink and a bit of
dance in the streets, which is what they've been doing! but to criminalise people for this is defo out of order!

only 'some' mention today on the major news services re all the extra
'protest' raves that occurred last night (a 20-second mention of it on the
bbc for example heh) because that's what the police are turning these
otherwise innocent street parties into via their heavy-handed approach to
them, people being what they are giving them the finger by now far more deliberately planning and organising them now via social media in direct defiance of the fuckers heh...

and because well, that's human nature for ya innit lol: wind 'em up enough
and they'll give ya the finger even as they're arrested! :)))

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