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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Josh Halliday North of England editor

Taking back power or taking the mickey? The activists ‘liberating’ food from big stores

Bridie Leggatt and Eve Middleton – two young women at a bench in a sunny park
Bridie Leggatt and Eve Middleton were surrounded by police during a picnic, as part of a nationwide crackdown on civil disobedience. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

Eve Middleton was sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, sharing out vegan biscuits with six fellow activists, when she saw a squad of police bearing down on them. About 30 officers, she said, surrounded the seven young people, and one officer told them: “Don’t run or you’ll be cuffed.”

Another officer focused on gathering evidence. “Whose Oreos are these?” they asked, seizing the biscuits.

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