Belfast: PSNI protect arrests of Pro-Palestine protestors at Barclays

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has defended its movements after two ladies, considered one of whom is a pensioner, had been arrested all through a pro-Palestinian protest in Belfast.

Sue Pentel, 72, a long-standing campaigner and member of Jews for Palestine Ireland, and some other girl in her 50s had been detained through police outdoor a Barclays Bank department in Castle Place on Saturday. Both had been arrested on suspicion of legal injury.

Stickers have been put on an ATM.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson stated having checked out body-cam pictures of the incident, made up our minds that the officer’s movements had been “lawful and proportionate”.

“I am limited in what I can say about this incident as due process must be allowed to run its course,” he stated in a remark to BBC Radio Ulster’s The Nolan Show.

“However, due to the degree of interest in this case, I want to reassure the public that, having reviewed footage of the incident (including from body worn camera,) I am satisfied that our officers acted with courtesy and professionalism.”

ACC Henderson stated the officials had been reacting to an emergency name from a town centre trade.

“Their actions were lawful and proportionate to the situation they discovered,” he added.

Both of the ladies had been launched in a while Saturday, pending a report back to the Public Prosecution Service.

ACC Henderson stated the fitting to each freedom of speech and meeting are “fundamental human rights”.

“However, they must be balanced with the need to uphold the rights of others, protect public health and safety, minimise disruption to normal life and by the need to prevent and detect crime.”

Following the arrests, a variety of pro-Palestinian protesters held an additional demonstration outdoor Musgrave Street PSNI station.

Branches of Barclays had been centered round the United Kingdom through pro-Palestinian teams, who need the financial institution to forestall making an investment in positive corporations.

Ms Pentel’s solicitor Pádraig Ó Muirigh stated she was once detained after “peacefully protesting”.

“She has committed no offence and should not be criminalised for exercising her right to peaceful protest against these ongoing atrocities,” he stated in a remark.

“Our client will robustly contest any attempt to criminalise her if a decision is made to prosecute.

“We can also be advising her in the case of the lawfulness of her arrest.”

Patrick Corrigan, the Northern Ireland director of Amnesty International UK, told The Nolan Show that the right to protest is “elementary to our democracy”.

“That comprises making the purpose together with your physique – status on the street and even with putting a sticky label – the ones symbolic acts,” he added.

“It’s within the public pastime that police give protection to the ones rights.”