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Police Officer Injured and Man Arrested as Lockdown Protesters Storm Edinburgh Castle
A group of around 20 people 'took over' the historic building after walking in without paying on Tuesday afternoon - forcing Police Scotland to intervene
Daily Mirror, 18 AUG 2021.
A police officer suffered minor injuries as anti-lockdown protesters 'seized' Edinburgh Castle - citing Magna Carta.
A group of around 20 people 'took over' the historic building after walking in without paying on Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the public were quickly evacuated at around 5:45pm, leaving the protesters in a stand-off with Police Scotland.
The group claimed that article 61 of Magna Carta allows them to ignore coronavirus lockdown laws.
The clause - widely cited by virus sceptics - was removed from the medieval charter in 1216, which never had any standing in Scotland.
In a 13-minute video shared to Scotland Against Lockdown Twitter account, a woman could be heard saying "we have seized Edinburgh Castle".
She adds the Scottish people have been "lied to all our lives" and that the "building belongs to us, we have taken the castle back" in an effort to "restore the rule of law".
And another man says: "Treason's been going on for that long now, we can't sit back and let everybody perish under the stupid legislation and fraudulent government tyranny, so let's just take it all back, not just the castle."
The woman then tells viewers they are going to "take everybody down", including the government, the courts and vows that the "the crown is coming down today".
She goes on to claim "corrupt, evil, satanic paedophiles are running this country" and Scots have been kept "like peasants for 800 years".
As police appear, she shouts "notice to compel" and informs officers they are seizing the castle under article 61 of Magna Carta - "the only law in the land"
The woman says she has put Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone "on notice" about them taking the castle.
One officer asks the woman for her name, to which she says she is "not obliged" to do, before identifying herself anyway.
The police constable then asks: "How many more people are you expecting to come to Edinburgh Castle today to join your protest?"
When she tells him "it's not a protest, we're actually taking it back" he replies: "Right, no worries."
Superintendent Gerry Corrigan, of Police Scotland said: “Officers attended at Edinburgh Castle following reports that a group of protesters had gathered within the Castle grounds at around 5.05pm on Tuesday, 17 August, 2021.
"The group later dispersed.
"One man was arrested for disorder related offences and a police officer sustained minor injuries during this arrest. A full report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."
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