Police arrest protestors outside London 2012 Olympic Games training site
Four protestors sitting outside a London 2012 Olympic Games venue have recently been arrested by the local police.
The protestors were part of a sit in that was being over looked by the Occupy movement. The sit in had been taking place outside the Leyton Marsh basketball venue for a period of two weeks.
The statement released on the matter by the Met Police was in the following words, “Officers at the location have warned those people present that Section 14 of the Public Order Act has been applied to them and sets the condition that the protest must move
within a short period of time to allow access to the site.”
The two week long sit in was blocking access the Olympic basketball training venue. The access to the site is important as construction workers have to get to the place in order to carry out construction work for the set up of a temporary basketball training
site. The training site is to provide the facility for the Olympic teams to hone their skills once they land on English soil for the London 2012 Olympic Games that are scheduled to start from July 27.
The protest group had been conducting the sit in as the training venue was green space that would be spoiled by the construction work to be carried out.
However, the land is owned by the Lee Valley Regional Authority, which has a possession order issued by the high court. The possession order was given some time before Easter.
A spokesman for the Olympic Delivery Authority, expressed the stance of the ODA on the matter in the following words, “We regret that we have had to involve the courts and police to enable us to complete the building of a temporary training venue for which
we have secured planning permission. Our concern has always been unlawful disruptive action preventing our contractors getting vehicles on to the site.”
The ODA has also showed its intention of contributing positively to the area and its natural environment after the training facility is removed from the place and adding value to the wild life habitats present.
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