I've been watching the live stream. People are angry as they have every right to be. The police are pulling, pushing and dragging women who have not been doing anything to warrant manhandling. Police should have stayed well back, nearly out of sight. Instead, we have male policeman chasing women across Clapham Common. You couldn't write it.
This was a unique situation and the police should have handled it very carefully.
We've all been reading the stories, women are angry and wanted to both show respect to Sarah while at the same time showing that they have the right to walk home at night. Nobody has a gun or a knife. The police are compounding the anger by being on the offensive. If the police stayed away, who would the protesters be in conflict with?