Constant & Co phone blockade over eviction of traveller site
Dec
19
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19/12/2011 18:07
The Travellers Solidarity Network today organised a phone and fax blockade of the offices of notorious Balliff company Constant & Co. in protest at what it describes as their violent eviction of Dale Farm traveller site two months ago.
Today marks two months from the start of the brutal eviction of the Dale Farm Travellers' site in Essex. During the month long eviction process, the bailiff company completely demolished a site which had been home to 86 families, leaving them with nowhere to go. The eviction was carried out with intimidation, racism and violence from the bailiffs.
Constant & Co take huge pride in their work, saying they are the experts in dealing with the "gypsy-problem". There have been numerous instances of violations of human rights at evictions they have carried out. It is not acceptable that anyone is making money out of the Government's racist attacks on the Travelling community, the Travellers Solidarity Network said. On the same day people were also returning to police stations across Essex to be charged for their involvement in resisting the Dale Farm eviction, the action was said to also be undertaken in solidarity with them.
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