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Government had recently passed. Few days later, metro metropolitan Police Commissioner issued a statement saying. Lets bring in our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, in the newsroom for us. A lot has been said about this being a unique event and i suppose whether it called for unique actions, theres going to be a lot of defending those actions in the next hour or so, isnt there . Talk us through what you are expecting. I talk us through what you are petting talk us through what you are exectina. ,. ,. ,. ,. , expecting. I was there on Coronation Mornin , expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning. At expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 when expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 when the morning, at 6. 00 when the anti monarchy protesters arrived to start their protest. Theyre obviously had been a lot of concern in the days building up to the coronation that groups likeJust Stop Oil might disrupt the coronation and the horses might become frightened because of that. So the police were worried but the anti Monarchy Group republic had an arrangement with the police that where they were going to stand, the police were fully aware of where they were going to be and just before 7. 00, some went off to meet a van that was bringing some placards down to the protest and they simply didnt come back. We realised they werent coming back when the today programme told me their guest, graeme smith, the ceo of republic, had answered his phone for that interview he was doing with them. Then we were shown a picture of their van surrounded by Police Officers. So we went to go and see what had happened and we found that some of the people had already been arrested and taken away and others were being held there in handcuffs at the bottom of scent martins lane, near Trafalgar Square. They were telling us even then that the police seemed to be expressing an interest in some Luggage Straps they were using to hold the placards together and that the police had mentioned the phrase locking on. The context of that is just three days earlier, a bit of legislation had come into force making it an offence to go equipped for locking on. That legislation was designed to stop protests where people use things like bike locks and heavy chains to chain themselves to bits of equipment. Bits of street furniture, and that legislation was obviously rushed through to prevent disruptive protests at the coronation but ended up protests at the coronation but ended up with members of the Group Republic spending 16 hours in custody for having what essentially was bits of seat strapping, which could easily be cut with a knife or anything that Police Officers carry in their vans for cutting people out of their cars after road accidents. Eventually, those people were released that evening, after 16 hours in custody. They were then told two days later that they wouldnt be charged. They got personal apologies by Police Officers attending their homes to apologise. The force has not exactly apologised, saying only that it regrets that they were unable to attend the demonstration and mark rowley has defended the actions of his officers, describing it as a unique event. So the Big Questions for this Home Affairs Select committee are going to be around the new law, what guidance comes with that new law, whether the new law is drawn too broadly, whether the police were using it appropriately and also, can you have a unique event like a coronation where somehow the rules about protesting are different to any other events . Because although the coronation was of course incredibly important for hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for the coronation, it was actually also very important for the anti monarchy protesters, who had a once in a Generation Opportunity to say at the moment of the coronation, we dont believe in theirs, we dont like the idea of theirs, we dont like the idea of the monarchy and he is not my king, which is the phrase they were using on the streets. So there is a lot for the Home Affairs Committee to pick apart this morning with matt twist from the Metropolitan Police. That is who we expect to hear from furs. There were a lot of conservatives in the last couple of weeks who have been talking about how this was an unprecedented Security Operation, not least because there were hundreds of World Leaders here, werent there . So it wasntjust leaders here, werent there . So it wasnt just that the Public Safety, that element that they Metropolitan Police talked about but the issue of having to keep 312 World Leaders in london that weekend, keeping them safe. ,. ,. ,. , london that weekend, keeping them safe. ,. ,. ,. , safe. There is no doubt it was an immensely safe. There is no doubt it was an immensely successful safe. There is no doubt it was an immensely successful security. Immensely successful Security Operation. They had done it all for their queens funeral and they had more officers working on the day of the coronation and they did manage to protect 312 World Leaders, dignitaries, members of the royal family in a sort of Security Bubble around the abbey and moving them to and from the abbey. They kept safely hundreds of thousands of people who were lining the streets. The coronation itself went off almost completely without incident, and some protesters from groups Like Just Stop Oil were allegedly arrested with bottles of paint. So it does seem as if possibly some disruptive protests were prevented but overhanging it is this slightly difficult question of why it is that people who really turned up to wave and shout not my king would end up in a rather grimy police cell in a police cell in south london for 16 hours, essentially for having done nothing at all. I was there at the protest after the arrest and certainly some of the people watching the coronation were very annoyed by the anti monarchy protesters who were shouting very loudly throughout the Coronation Procession, throughout the service, which was being relayed over speakers and throughout the procession back. But it is not really the job of the police to stop people being annoyed. There is sort of a public order aspect there, in terms of we dont want to have something where a fight starts. But otherwise, obviously the policing. We have a Home Affairs Committee hearing starting right now to look into what happened. Hearing starting right now to look into what happened. Exactly, and on that note, into what happened. Exactly, and on that note. We into what happened. Exactly, and on that note, we can into what happened. Exactly, and on that note, we can take into what happened. Exactly, and on that note, we can take you into what happened. 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