Caroline Lucas MP has been arrested for not moving when told to by the police despite demonstrating in a laudably peaceful and pacifist way. Arguably, had the government properly listened to and addressed the concerns of Ms Lucas and the villagers, such a costly police presence would not have been needed. At this protest, police have shown no regard for the disabled, young children and indeed all other factions of protesters; however vulnerable. Once again the government are enabling corporate gain at the expense of the people of this country; aided by in many ways a corrupt and immoral police service. As you can see on the BBC footage, nobody has done anything 'wrong'- the law is not always the best indicator of just practise! Since the police imo have acted wrongfully, I would have resisted arrest as you can't appeal against being arrested- particularly if the police are in the wrong; yet, Ms Lucas allowed herself to be removed quite nastily by the police and was still co-operative. As a similar thread earlier today discussed are we becoming a 'police state', given that frequent events such as these and similar ones with the student protests and the death of Ian Tomlinson for which the police, who took the life of an innocent in the name of defending government cuts, wasn't prosecuted but simply apologised are allowed to occur? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes- who polices the police? What are your thoughts on today's events and the wider implications they may have?