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Police protest stop: Asian woman ‘singled out’
Passengers on a coach travelling from London to Sunday’s People’s Assembly protest against the Tory conference in Manchester were left traumatised by a police operation, reports PETER LAZENBY
Police enter the coach on its way to Manchester after forcing it to pull into a service station
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“THEY singled out one person,” said Lewis Baker, a passenger on a coach travelling from London to Manchester to take part in Sunday’s demonstration against the Tory Party conference in the city.
The coach was carrying about 25 passengers.
“They singled out an activist who was an Asian woman. No-one else was searched. She was the only Asian woman on the coach.”
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