Council tree felling...

[Baron99]

Been chatting to one of the residents on Gatefield Rd.  Apparently Amey didn't prune any of the trees the other week.  Work has now been scheduled for this Sunday morning, 10th Feb, to take place between 06:30 & 12:00 midday. 

 

Isn't there some sort of law about making possible  noise at that time in a morning, especially on a Sunday, unless Amey are now using rubber saws?

 

Pruning on a Sunday?  Must be playing catch up? 

Edited February 7, 2019 by Baron99

[Guest makapaka]

On 05/02/2019 at 12:44, Baron99 said:

Strange that SCC,  (the likes of Bryan Lodge & Terry Fox) & Darren Butt of Amey are keeping their heads down? 

What no apology from them now that the protesters have been clearly exonerated? 

 

While I'm pleased for the protesters getting their payout, let's remember the compo is out the public purse, tax payers / council tax payers money. 

 

The likes of Dore, Lodge, Fox & Amey should be forking out. 

 

I hope the protesters take private actions against all those involved afterall, it's in the public domain regarding meetings between SYP,  SCC & Amey how they were going to police matters & disrupt what is now considered to be lawful protesting. 

Those people didn’t arrest anybody did they.

 

what do you expect them to do? Hand themselves in at the police station?

[Cyclone]

They pressured the police in to making arrests and publicly defended the action at the time.

They should publicly admit that they were wrong and apologise and it's a shame that they can't be prosecuted for something...  Perhaps corruption in public office.

[taxman]

10 hours ago, makapaka said:

Those people didn’t arrest anybody did they.

 

what do you expect them to do? Hand themselves in at the police station?

It wasn't Constable Plod who came up with the wheeze to use Trade Union Legislation against peaceful protestors, it was the council's legal team, directed by Dore & Co. 

[Guest makapaka]

4 hours ago, Cyclone said:

They pressured the police in to making arrests and publicly defended the action at the time.

They should publicly admit that they were wrong and apologise and it's a shame that they can't be prosecuted for something...  Perhaps corruption in public office.

I don't believe the police arrested people because of pressure from the council.

 

I'm not suggesting the arrests were correct as they've been proven to be wrong - I don't think that the council made them do it though.

[Baron99]

21 hours ago, makapaka said:

I don't believe the police arrested people because of pressure from the council.

 

I'm not suggesting the arrests were correct as they've been proven to be wrong - I don't think that the council made them do it though.

Aren't we forgetting the surreptitious, operational planning meetings between SCC, Amey & SYP?  The early morning, 5:00m wake up calls to homes in Rustlings Rd;  the arrests of now innocent protesters stood in gardens (private property); the agreement to publish the findings of the Tree Panel report MINUTES BEFORE the dawn operation. 

 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/secret-plan-to-remove-rustlings-road-trees-made-by-sheffield-council-and-police-one-month-before-raid-1-8279010/amp 

 

All sounds very much hand in glove with each other?

 

 

[Cyclone]

23 hours ago, makapaka said:

I don't believe the police arrested people because of pressure from the council.

 

I'm not suggesting the arrests were correct as they've been proven to be wrong - I don't think that the council made them do it though.

I think it was fairly well established that the police were asking at the councils request.  If the council hadn't asked for them then the police wouldn't have been there at all.

[dave_the_m]

On the morning of the first arrest, the Amey workers knew in advance that protesters were going to be arrested. This had all been arranged behind closed doors between SYP, SCC and Amey.

 

In the later large-scale policing operations, according to the seating plan the police control centre had desk spaces allocated for:

 

SYP media

Despatcher [sic]

Silver POD

PLT Coordinator

SCC/Media

Servoca [private security]

Amey/SCC

 

Not only were SCC there, but SCC *media* were there. And when protesters complained of being assaulted by security, a representative of the security company was there in the control room to assure SYP that all was well.  A bit like having an EDL representative in the control room when policing an EDL march.

[Guest makapaka]

6 hours ago, dave_the_m said:

On the morning of the first arrest, the Amey workers knew in advance that protesters were going to be arrested. This had all been arranged behind closed doors between SYP, SCC and Amey.

 

In the later large-scale policing operations, according to the seating plan the police control centre had desk spaces allocated for:

 

SYP media

Despatcher [sic]

Silver POD

PLT Coordinator

SCC/Media

Servoca [private security]

Amey/SCC

 

Not only were SCC there, but SCC *media* were there. And when protesters complained of being assaulted by security, a representative of the security company was there in the control room to assure SYP that all was well.  A bit like having an EDL representative in the control room when policing an EDL march.

Has every protestor that was arrested been found to have been wrongly arrested?

[taxman]

19 minutes ago, makapaka said:

Has every protestor that was arrested been found to have been wrongly arrested?

Those who took it to court all the way yes...some couldn't be bothered or didn't have the time.

 

Do you think it was right for the police to arrest someone for tooting a musical instrument? It's just bizarre that plod would think that worthy of arrest.