thatis have the right to vote, or whether that is the idea that you think workers should be paid a minimum wage, these are all things that people have a right to say and protest about. the very idea of protest about. the very idea of protest is to be able to speak truth to power, and to be able to hold power to accounts. certainly, to power, and to be able to hold powerto accounts. certainly, it to power, and to be able to hold power to accounts. certainly, it is right that the police have a right to be able to restrict protest in certain circumstances. but that threshold is very high. it is when there may be serious public disorder. what we saw on the streets yesterday and the day before was certainly not serious public disorder. certainly not serious public disorder- certainly not serious public disorder. ~ , disorder. the met says their intelligence disorder. the met says their intelligence indicated - disorder. the met says their intelligence indicated they l disorder. the met
conspiracy to commit public nuisance after learning they planned on throwing rape alarms to interrupt the coronation. others were arrested for a variety of offenses. some criticized the police but authorities said they have a duty to intervene when protests become criminal. for more on the coronation, jackie cooper, former assistant press secretary to queen elizabeth ii. thank you for joining us. of course, there is an obvious question i want to ask you. what would the queen have thought of saturday and how it all unfolded? clearly she knew her son had prepared for this for so long. i think she d have been absolutely delighted. she would have been thrilled to see her son being crowned king in this way, as she had been 70 years before. i mean, a slight irony with the british weather, and we re famous for it, it rained both
doesn t sound very independent to me. we also know the home office directly wrote to protest groups warning them that a new powers had been rushed through in time for the coronation. that is a concern. lets look at the coronation. that is a concern. lets look at the rape coronation. that is a concern. lets look at the rape alarms, coronation. that is a concern. lets look at the rape alarms, because the met police has issued a statement. they said they had received intelligence people were aiming to use them to disrupt the procession, and there were concerns from the military this would scare the horses. you can imagine, you see when one horse get scared, you can imagine if several of them in the procession of 4000 military personnel. they made arrests, and they said they did confiscate a number of rape alarms. they said the public safety was their priority. i do understand it, but i think that
when just one horse gets books, imagine, you can see what happens whenjust one horse gets books, but you could imagine what would happen if several of the horses in that procession of 4000 military personnel, you could imagine what would have happened. they said they did confiscate a number of rape alarms. that is what they have said, and this is that public safety was their priority. i and this is that public safety was their priority- their priority. i understand that. but there their priority. i understand that. itut there is their priority. i understand that. but there is also their priority. i understand that. but there is also women s - their priority. i understand that. l but there is also women s safety. their priority. i understand that. i but there is also women s safety. i think that that intelligence and the actual people arrested, we will need to look a bit more deeply into this in due course, when people are released and when we can look at police interviews and reco
thousands of people at the scene. i think it was really important that they took that into account, when making their decisions. luca; they took that into account, when making their decisions. lucy frazer there. making their decisions. lucy frazer there- we making their decisions. lucy frazer there. i ve been making their decisions. lucy frazer there. i ve been speaking - making their decisions. lucy frazer there. i ve been speaking to - making their decisions. lucy frazer. there. i ve been speaking to schama struck a party, the human rights lawyer, member of the house of lords and member of the civil rights group liberty. here is a reaction to the arrests of demonstrators. brute liberty. here is a reaction to the arrests of demonstrators. we were on the world stage. arrests of demonstrators. we were on the world stage, and arrests of demonstrators. we were on the world stage, and that arrests of demonstrators. we were on the world stage, and that means - arrests of demonstra