Dr. Sally Maan is usually found in the East London Church where his family has worshiped for five generations.
But on Saturday, the striking images of the Baptist Minister emerged. Standing up by police officers and standing alone, footage shared on social media showed the moment he was arrested in Pro-Palestine The March was held at Parliament Square.
Wearing a black shirt and white collar, he shakes his head and quietly accepts his arrest, before he gets away, surrounded by a sea of police uniform.
That is one 532 people arrested Metropolitan police in the biggest meeting Palestine Action Since it was prosecuted as a terrorist group last month.
Among them, the 55 -year -old people are smaller than the average age of those detained, with half -showing figures 60 or older. Talk to Independent On Monday, he said that he is ready to accept the jail sentence for his tasks.
He said, “I know that if I am successfully convicted, my life will result in results, but I felt peacefully with both my actions and my decisions.” “This is the right side of history. Even if I knew that I am going to jail for it, I will do it.”
He said that despite not participating in the previous Palestine Action Protests, he was protested on Saturday due to his confidence. “I believe Jesus really meant what he said and he resisted non -violent resistance to oppressive power,” he continued. “I see myself as a minister more than a worker, but I have always felt forced to try to create a community with my belief that is built on peace.”
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After reading briefing protest from our Jerse, who organized the demonstration, Dr. Mann said that she felt that the protest would be such non -violent action that she feels “committed”.
“On Saturday I woke up early and went to St. James Park because I wanted to be very calm,” she told Independent“I sat quietly and prayed. Then I moved towards Parliament Square.”
Dr. Mann said during the main protest, although the people around her were arrested, she was not. But after the scheduled end he continued to hold his placard: “I oppose the massacre, I support Palestine Action”. Within ten minutes, he said he was arrested.
He said, “Other people around me were arrested, some of whom looked really very elderly and weak, and I thought it would be better for them if they arrest more.” “So I decided to stand with my signal only. I wanted to be arrested for it because I want to stand in solidarity with those who were and I think the numbers matched.”
Her arrest was captured on the video – her head quietly shook her head, as she has gone away by at least a dozen officers, thousands of likes have been deposited on social media. “The number that had changed to arrest me was extraordinary,” she said. “I think a dozen officers were arresting me and in fact, they asked me to walk on the van, I must have just gone on my own. I was ready to be completely arrested.”
He told Independent He was placed in a van with two protesters with six police officers and was kept in line to process it. “It was really very peaceful,” he said. “It was very low for me. I had moral certainty and legal ambiguity of what would happen to me, but I am fully prepared for it if a custodial punishment comes. I think it is less and less likely now.”
But she said that her arrest, with elderly protesters, shows the “disinterested” to accept Palestine’s action as a terrorist group. “I would say to Yweet Cooper, what do you think you are protecting me by prosecuting me as a terrorist?”, He said.
The 74 -year -old NHS Dr. Paul O’Brien was arrested under the terrorist law. He said that the Palestinian reason was “incredibly important” for him, but the risk of arrest made him difficult to participate in comparison to previous protests.
“I felt the prosecution was really wrong, was really wrong and was very disappointed in the majority of MPs in labor and to support it,” he said. “But it thought me hard to go out.”
He was later detained during the day and described his experience as “bizarre”. “It was just strange, all these people who have been arrested under the terrorist law and we see the most unexpected terrorists,” he said. “Half of us can hardly walk. It was quite fun. Even for a terrorist crime we were automatically bail, they know it is very bizarre.”
He said that he thought that the protest would be a “memorable” day for many people. “Once you are arrested for a terrorist crime, it is an extraordinary thing in your life,” he continued. “What happened on Saturday was historic, I think it is going to grow.”
In a statement issued on Sunday, a metropolitan police spokesperson said that most of the arrests “an item (a placard in the case) was contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
He said, “In the coming days and weeks, officials of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command will work to keep the case files required together to secure the allegations against those arrested as part of this operation.”