Just left #ReclaimTheseStreets vigil. I went to connect with women in our shared grief but it was ruined by men’s behaviour — the man who occupied stage with megaphone who wouldn’t leave, photographers + cameramen inches away, refusing to stop and chatting through minute silence.
At an event to honour murdered women and stand against male harassment and violence, men *still* managed to centre themselves, ignore our demands for space and boundaries, and ogle us as we cried and laid flowers. Staggered by the arrogance and disrespect. Just fucking grim.
That’s not even to mention the revolting behaviour of the @metpoliceuk, who had male officers strong-arming women off the bandstand while they were speaking. Totally needless, disproportionate escalation of a peaceful event. And especially maddening + foul given the circumstances
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