Hundreds of protesters have filled the streets of Westminster with the deafening shriek of rape alarms as part of a demonstration against the Metropolitan Police. Led by feminist campaign group Sisters Uncut, activists blocked traffic, released bright blue smoke flares, and chanted “our streets” as they marched from Scotland Yard to Charing Cross police station in central London.
PA reports how the march marked just over a year since serving officer Wayne Couzens abducted Sarah Everard, and protesters said that they were demanding “radical change” from a “rotten to the core” Met. Sisters Uncut said 1,000 rape alarms were activated at the police station, following emotional speeches from protesters.
Revisiting advice given following Ms Everard’s murder, activist Jill Mountford, 61, said women “should never, ever be told again that the answer is to carry a rape alarm”, while Patsy Stevenson, who was arrested at an impromptu vigil for Ms Everard last year, called for Home Secretary Priti Patel to resign.
