"About 30 officers 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."
"The seven activists had gathered for a nonviolence training event in the park to enjoy the sunny weather. They were among 13 people arrested as part of a national police crackdown on a new civil resistance group called Take Back Power."
"On TikTok, the group's videos show activists of all ages liberating rice, pasta, beans, nappies, stock cubes and tinned fruit from supermarkets in Cornwall, London and Manchester. They pile the goods into cardboard boxes branded with the message: These things are going to those who need them."
"Steph Parker, an assistant chief constable at Greater Manchester police, said forces would take robust action to disrupt this type of organised criminality and it will not be tolerated."
A group of seven activists was surrounded by police while sharing vegan biscuits in a park. They were arrested as part of a crackdown on the civil resistance group Take Back Power, which is linked to mass shoplifting protests against inequality. The group has been involved in liberating food items from supermarkets and distributing them to food banks. Police have stated that they will take strong action against organized criminality, especially in light of rising supermarket thefts.
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