Police threw a section 60 cordon around the whole of the royal wedding zone on Friday morning to respond to anarchists masking up at a small gathering in Soho Square in central London. The section 60 order allows police officers to stop and search anyone without discretion. The police also imposed section 60a, which gives them the power to remove masks and balaclavas from anyone within the area.
Scotland Yard said the decision was made after individuals were seen putting on masks in Soho Square where a group of anarchists had gathered. At least one arrest was made after a clash in the square between plainclothes officers and one individual after he started singing "We all live in a fascist regime" to the tune of We All Live In a Yellow Submarine.
By 12.45pm police said 43 arrests had been made across the royal wedding exclusion zone. These included one for criminal damage. The arrests took place in and just outside the exclusion zone around Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.
Illegal Pre Royal Wedding Arrests:
A professor of Anthropology, his Knight friend and a female companion were arrested for no apparent reason. They were planning on doing a bit of street theatre on the day of the wedding.
Charlie Veitch an activist we all know well. And one thing we also know him for is being PEACEFUL!!! They raided his place and simply took him away. yep he's arrested too.
Charlie Veitch, these three activists, and who knows who else, were all ripped from their basic human rights ...