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(light music)
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(music swells)
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♪ Stranger's arms ♪
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♪ reach out to me ♪
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♪ 'Cause they know ♪
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♪ I'm so lonely ♪
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♪ Then my mind ♪
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♪ goes back to you ♪
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♪ Your sweet love ♪
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♪ sees me through ♪
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♪ Your sweet love ♪
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♪ sees me through ♪
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♪ Strangers take ♪
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♪ my lonely hands ♪
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♪ Tell me that ♪
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♪ they understand ♪
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♪ I'm tempted ♪
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♪ then I think of you ♪
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♪ And your sweet love ♪
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♪ sees me through ♪
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♪ Your sweet love ♪
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♪ sees me through ♪
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The world is watching us.
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We are responsible people,
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and we'll conduct
ourselves with dignity and discipline.
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You get some dinosaur trade unionists
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that are stopping the very jobs
we want to see.
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Maggie Maggie Maggie!
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Out out out!
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Maggie Maggie Maggie!
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Out out out!
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(chanting continues)
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Reporter: For more than two months now,
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these women have occupied
the Lee Jeans factory
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to stop it from closing down.
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200 of them taking it in turns
to keep the occupation going.
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We're determined,
we'll just keep fighting on.
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(chanting and chatter)
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Reporter: This is the first tractor made
at Caterpillar since the work-in began.
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It's become far more than just a tractor,
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This 'Pink Panther' is now a symbol
of what the workers are trying to achieve.
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(applause)
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It is a special privilege to be a guest
of this great city, Glasgow.
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The people of Glasgow, 6,000 miles away,
declared us to be free.
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We love you all.
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- (applause and cheering)
- Thank you.
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♪ Strangers take... ♪
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Reporter: Pupils at a school in Glasgow
are campaigning
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to support a family
who were turned down for asylum.
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♪ Tell me that ♪
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♪ they understand... ♪
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(celebrating)
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(screaming, cheering)
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♪ Then I think of you... ♪
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(cheering)
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Reporter: The unarmed Mr Floyd,
who was black, died in Minneapolis
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after being pinned down
by a white police officer.
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In Britain, a London police officer
has been arrested
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for the kidnap, rape and murder
of a young woman.
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In the aftermath
of Sarah Everard's murder,
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shock, grief and anger were shared
at vigils around the country.
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Well, I've lived in that close
for 32 years,
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and you could write a novella
about the couples,
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the families that have come and gone.
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My partner Liv was...
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41 weeks pregnant...
so I was a week past my due date.
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So, you know, the birth pool was inflated,
the plastic sheeting was down.
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And I had a maternity appointment,
so I left the house quite early.
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I decided that I'd spend the day writing.
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Part of our flat looks down
onto Kenmure Street,
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and that's where I work,
I have a wee study there.
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I'm conscious there's some sort
of commotion going on, on the landing.
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I was working at the kitchen table
and I heard some noise...
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Because it was roundabout Eid,
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I thought it was maybe kids playing
outside, in the back garden.
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- So I went out and looked...
- It's not the kind of thing
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you expect to see when you open
your curtains in the morning.
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I was quite surprised actually
at how blatant it was.
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The van had 'Immigration Enforcement',
in big letters on the side.
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I messaged some friends
and I tweeted about it as well,
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saying precisely,
'What do you do in this situation?'
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Because I had no idea.
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I opened up the door and I was saying,
'Lakhvir, what's going on?'
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And he was being marched down the stairs
by Home Office officials,
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heads down, don't-talk-to-you or anything.
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And so I just, still in my pyjamas,
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ran out onto the street
to see what was going on.
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I just started sending
messages out to anyone
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that I thought would be up
for coming down.
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Babysitting exchange groups,
reading groups.
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There was like a WhatsApp group
for our building.
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Eid was going to be one of those days
that was going to be really special.
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I guess it would be the same for anyone
celebrating Christmas or Diwali.
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Pandemic, the world, and then,
an opportunity to come together.
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I started getting these text messages
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that there was an immigration van
on Kenmure Street
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and I don't live too far,
just around the corner.
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I don't have anything to do yet.
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All the family are still asleep.
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I can go, I could do this.
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There'll be a situation,
but maybe it'll just be a couple of hours.
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I'll see how it goes.
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What's really going to happen on Eid day?
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I got there within three minutes
of receiving the text message.
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I think one of the things
that have become quite evident
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in recent years,
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is how important it is
to document things yourself.
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And I just started live recording.
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(siren blaring)
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(horn honks)
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(sombre music)
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(sighs)
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This is Immigration.
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These people are here.
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I think this is part of that new...
Home Office dawn raid thing.
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(horn honks)
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The Home Office Immigration Enforcement.
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As soon as I woke up,
I looked at my phone
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and I had a text saying,
'Raid on Kenmure Street.'
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'Can people get there now?'
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Jumped out of bed, got dressed,
walked straight to Kenmure Street.
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I didn't really think about
what I was going to do
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when I went out onto the street,
I just knew that I had to do something.
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When I was sitting on the ground
and the police kept turning up
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this is when I was like,
'Oh, God, what have I done?'
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Soon after we arrived, somebody whispered
to me that there's somebody under the van.
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This man just ran underneath
to stop the van.
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If it wasn't for him,
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the van would have left.
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It would have happened so quickly.
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And his actions delayed things.
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It delayed things enough
for people to come round.
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(police radio chatter)
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Hey, folks.
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Who's all here as part of the protest?
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Anybody?
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Anyone here protesting?
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I thought it was actually an accident.
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I thought it was an ambulance
and two police cars.
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So I was telling myself not to be nosy
and not to look.
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And just as I was getting on my bike,
I had a little glance
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and then I noticed someone was filming it.
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And I thought, that's odd.
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Why would you film an accident?
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There must be something else happening.
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And then I realised the person filming it
was my colleague and friend...
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Tab.
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(whispering) Hey, John,
it's the Home Office raid,
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the dawn raids.
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I didn't know the guys,
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but their next-door neighbour's
a good friend of mine, Jonathan.
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(whispering) Hi, Jonathan.
Hi, Jonathan.
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One of the neighbours who's a mutual
friend came up to me
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and said, Tab, this is awful.
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What's going on?
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These are my neighbours.
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They're such good people.
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And it's terrible.
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You couldn't have actually done anything
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that was conceivably as provocative
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as to launch a Home Office eviction
on the day of Eid
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in Scotland's most diverse community.
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So he put me in the picture quickly
about what it was about.
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These two men had been here for ten years.
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They're part of the community
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and they're now in this van.
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So that was enough for me.
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(indistinct chatter)
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It was just a strange thing,
it was a dystopian sight
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not what you'd expect
in a quiet suburban street.
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I'll take one, thank you.
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I was in my sixth year of high school
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and I was heading to my biology class.
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(indistinct crosstalk)
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I was leaving and my mum told me
about what was happening
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on the front doorstep.
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I still brought all of my school stuff
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because in my head, I was like,
I'll still make it to biology on time.
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Police officer: Alright, pal?
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You alright still, down there?
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You got some water?
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You need anything else?
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Give us a shout if you do.
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(gentle music)
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I've been involved
in demonstrations before
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but being in that kind of epicentre
of things, not really.
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Hi...
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I'm Van Man and this isn't my face
but these are my words.
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Getting under the van was a bit cramped,
I'm not a small guy
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but once I got under there
and I was able to get my hands
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around the axle
and just kind of cling on...
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I don't think anyone would have been able
to drag me out of there if they'd tried.
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Who's under the van?
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My initial thoughts were good, good, good.
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I couldn't see anything
beyond boots stomping around the van.
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I thought they knew I was already
in the van
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because I thought my friend from the
network might have told them, but...
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fair enough, she hadn't.
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So they'd already gotten into the van
with the guys
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and they were sitting ready to drive off
when they were told, or found out,
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I'm not exactly sure.
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I'm glad they did because they could have
put the keys in the ignition, and...
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run in with my head directly in front
of the tyre, I was that close.
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Police officer: Keep going.
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The idea is to delay the van
and delay the removal team
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because if they have to spend another hour
milling around this address,
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that's an hour taken out of their schedule
and you're buying time for other people.
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They tried to tell us that one
of the people in the van
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wanted to be returned
to his country of origin,
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which I don't know whether or not
that's true.
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We want them to have the choices.
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Let the other guy go.
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Getting a bit cold now.
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When people started gathering,
there were friends
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and one gave me a shawl,
one gave me a jacket
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and they're like,
'You just make yourself comfortable, Tab!'
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and I'm like, 'Thank you.'
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People were coming out
of the neighbouring buildings
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to stand around or to give blankets.
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Someone turned up quite quickly
who was a nurse
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and who spoke to the person under the van
about their own safety
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and their well-being under there.
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Van Man: There was an amazing
off-duty nurse
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who appeared and just didn't leave.
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This is not my face,
but these are my words.
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I was a bit worried about this guy.
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He was squashed in
and nobody seemed to know who he was
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or was speaking to him.
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So I wanted to check
that he was all right.
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(poignant music)
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Do you have any health problems?
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Anything I should know about?
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She was sitting at the back of the van,
by the bumper, checking in on me.
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I had to keep explaining, he needs to keep
warm, he needs to be looked after.
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Can we bring in a water bottle?
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'No, we need to check what's in it.'
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You've just seen this old lady
bringing it out of her house.
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They were very strict.
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Only after a while they sort of would let
me pass some things.
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(chanting) Let them go!
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As a nurse, we have a duty of care.
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It happens to me quite a bit
in and about the city,
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finding people collapsed in the street.
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I think I have a bit of bad luck
with that.
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Van Man: She would check in with me
every 15-20 minutes.
250
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Not just to see if I was conscious,
251
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but also reminding me to move
whatever I could
252
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to prevent nerve damage
and that kind of stuff.
253
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So much hinged on the fact that
it had been his decision
254
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to get underneath the van,
which is not how safety and health work.
255
00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:55,166
Lots of people do loads of things that put
them at risk
256
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for different reasons.
257
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That doesn't mean it should change
how we think about their safety.
258
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I'd done zero logistics, I was...
259
00:18:03,958 --> 00:18:09,291
I was just so lucky to have good friends
and good strangers around me.
260
00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:12,166
I remember when I was in nursing school,
261
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in the introductory days,
262
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we're told about our code of conduct.
263
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And somebody asked, what do I do
if I don't agree with the situation?
264
00:18:24,833 --> 00:18:28,041
And the teacher said,
you're talking about politics, no nursing.
265
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(officers chatting)
266
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We're trying to keep as much of a sterile
space in here as possible.
267
00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:43,083
The prisoner removal team's going to come
in and try and get them out soon.
268
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Protestor: Guys are trying to pray there,
guys. It's a mosque. It's Eid.
269
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Protestor: The prisoner
removal service?
270
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Cameraperson: People celebrating,
like, and living.
271
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It was still quite early in the day
when I was making my way
272
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back to the south side.
273
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As the road opens up,
you can get quite a clear view
274
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from a while away,
275
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and there was a small crowd in the middle
of the road,
276
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and there was a van sitting there.
277
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It sort of had the feeling of just people
from the flats
278
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who'd just come outside.
279
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I suppose that's exactly what it was.
280
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And I got a sense,
there's something going on here.
281
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I'm going to stick about.
282
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(chanting) Stop deportation!
283
00:19:19,833 --> 00:19:22,083
No borders! No nations!
284
00:19:22,083 --> 00:19:24,208
Stop deportation!
285
00:19:24,291 --> 00:19:26,208
No borders! No nations!
286
00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,333
Stop deportation!
287
00:19:28,416 --> 00:19:29,791
I had to put my phone off.
288
00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:32,541
It's first thing in the morning I put
all this stuff on 'Do not disturb.'
289
00:19:32,666 --> 00:19:34,708
But then after maybe like two hours,
I was like,
290
00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:36,458
I'm just going to have a wee look
at social media,
291
00:19:36,458 --> 00:19:38,458
look at the internet,
see what's happening in the world.
292
00:19:38,541 --> 00:19:41,083
And then when I turned my phone on,
I had all these notifications.
293
00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:43,916
(chanting) Let them go! Let them go!
294
00:19:44,208 --> 00:19:46,208
(chanting continues)
295
00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:56,458
Let them go!
296
00:19:56,583 --> 00:20:00,416
I couldn't believe this had erupted,
and I'd only left two months previously.
297
00:20:00,458 --> 00:20:02,041
So, I caught a bus
298
00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:04,416
as far up Pollokshaws Road as I could,
299
00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:06,666
and then cut down towards Kenmure Street.
300
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,458
I didn't expect it to take very long.
301
00:20:10,583 --> 00:20:12,583
As I expected,
there wouldn't be a lot of us.
302
00:20:13,208 --> 00:20:15,833
I suppose it was an element
of a token resistance.
303
00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:28,291
It was a gobsmacking scene, let's face it.
304
00:20:28,666 --> 00:20:30,833
It's hard to believe that somebody
was under the van
305
00:20:30,916 --> 00:20:32,708
or that the two men were in the van.
306
00:20:33,291 --> 00:20:35,583
This was somewhere
I'd lived for 30-odd years.
307
00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:39,458
Pollokshields has always been
a fairly racy place.
308
00:20:39,833 --> 00:20:41,833
(chatter)
309
00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:44,833
The majority of people who were there
still at this point
310
00:20:44,833 --> 00:20:46,041
didn't know why they were there.
311
00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:49,208
The Home Office doing
what the Home Office do...
312
00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:50,958
I don't think there was any expectation
313
00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:53,041
that they were going to change anything.
314
00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:56,791
I think the expectation was that they were
there to be witnesses to something.
315
00:20:57,333 --> 00:20:59,333
(chanting and chatter)
316
00:21:06,458 --> 00:21:08,458
It's a tight-knit community,
and it's quite built up
317
00:21:08,541 --> 00:21:10,083
with those big rows of tenements.
318
00:21:10,708 --> 00:21:13,458
Tenements almost form this, like,
natural amphitheatre.
319
00:21:14,041 --> 00:21:16,958
Out of my window,
just turned slightly left,
320
00:21:16,958 --> 00:21:18,583
and it was the back of the van.
321
00:21:19,083 --> 00:21:20,583
Let them go!
322
00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:21,916
These are our neighbours!
323
00:21:21,958 --> 00:21:23,041
Let them go!
324
00:21:24,458 --> 00:21:27,708
That's a powerful thing, to know
that the community is watching.
325
00:21:28,041 --> 00:21:30,333
And so we opened the window,
and we sat out on the ledge
326
00:21:30,416 --> 00:21:32,666
and the Kenmure Street sign is beside it.
327
00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:36,708
And then I filmed it as much as I could
on my smartphone.
328
00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:43,208
We won't leave!
Until the people are free!
329
00:21:43,708 --> 00:21:45,583
We won't leave!
330
00:21:45,666 --> 00:21:48,083
- Who are you guys filming for?
- STV.
331
00:21:48,791 --> 00:21:49,708
STV.
332
00:21:50,708 --> 00:21:52,333
Crowd: We won't leave!
333
00:21:54,083 --> 00:21:55,708
We won't leave!
334
00:21:55,791 --> 00:21:57,958
I work at a farm out in Neilston,
335
00:21:58,041 --> 00:22:01,583
but we have a small site
at the side of Bellahouston Park.
336
00:22:01,583 --> 00:22:04,458
So we were working there,
planting up tomato plants.
337
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:06,791
I got a text through from a friend.
338
00:22:07,166 --> 00:22:09,708
'There's an attempted dawn raid
at Kenmure Street.'
339
00:22:10,708 --> 00:22:11,958
'Come down if you can.'
340
00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:14,916
And then I started to hear the sirens
341
00:22:15,333 --> 00:22:17,208
going down Dumbreck Road.
342
00:22:18,916 --> 00:22:22,583
There was a lot of them, so I'm assuming
that's where they were going.
343
00:22:23,083 --> 00:22:26,208
I was texting back friends,
saying, 'Are you there?'
344
00:22:26,958 --> 00:22:29,833
'There's a lot of police coming.'
345
00:22:30,291 --> 00:22:32,291
(sirens blaring)
346
00:22:36,583 --> 00:22:40,416
I came out of the maternity appointment,
and while I was walking home
347
00:22:40,458 --> 00:22:41,541
my phone kept buzzing.
348
00:22:42,458 --> 00:22:44,708
But also I was walking
through Queen's Park.
349
00:22:45,333 --> 00:22:47,958
It was like a strange feeling,
because it felt like
350
00:22:47,958 --> 00:22:50,958
so many people in the park
were also walking back to my house.
351
00:22:51,666 --> 00:22:53,791
(ambient music)
(crowd chanting in distance)
352
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:57,541
(chanting intensifies)
Let them go! Let them go!
353
00:22:57,583 --> 00:22:59,583
(chanting continues)
354
00:23:23,958 --> 00:23:25,958
(chanting continues)
355
00:23:35,791 --> 00:23:38,333
God knows how many vans are here now,
police vans.
356
00:23:39,916 --> 00:23:41,041
Just for two men.
357
00:23:44,541 --> 00:23:48,708
I was driving towards the mosque,
and I saw a lot of police presence there.
358
00:23:49,291 --> 00:23:50,291
And I became worried.
359
00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:53,833
I thought, there's something
that's happened, or it's been done.
360
00:23:53,958 --> 00:23:55,416
So I quickly parked up.
361
00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:58,333
I met someone who was coming out,
and I said, 'What's happening?'
362
00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:01,458
And he said, 'I think a couple of people
have been arrested,
363
00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:03,083
and it's got nothing to do
with the mosque.'
364
00:24:03,458 --> 00:24:06,416
Being in that peaceful mode,
coming right outside,
365
00:24:07,041 --> 00:24:08,958
boom, right in my face.
366
00:24:09,083 --> 00:24:10,708
Let them go!
367
00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:12,458
What did I just walk out to here?
368
00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:16,333
I mean, it was literally at the doorstep
of the mosque.
369
00:24:17,916 --> 00:24:20,416
(in Urdu) We've not seen
so many police
370
00:24:20,958 --> 00:24:24,833
in Pollokshields
in such a small area before.
371
00:24:25,416 --> 00:24:26,583
They were everywhere.
372
00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:30,083
(in English) There was a rumour
two Muslims will be deported.
373
00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:33,333
So I think that must have angered
some of the attendees
374
00:24:33,416 --> 00:24:34,833
who had come for Eid prayer,
375
00:24:34,833 --> 00:24:36,958
whose cars were blocked, actually.
376
00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:38,083
They couldn't really move.
377
00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:40,916
So without the Eid prayer,
there is no Eid.
378
00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:43,041
You can imagine,
it's very busy in the morning.
379
00:24:43,083 --> 00:24:44,416
Council tax, mate, everything.
380
00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:45,958
All the tax we pay, mate.
381
00:24:47,166 --> 00:24:48,208
You don't need to lie to anybody.
382
00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:49,666
It's all on social media now.
383
00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:52,083
People are live here on Facebook.
384
00:24:53,041 --> 00:24:54,333
Never abuse your power.
385
00:24:55,083 --> 00:24:57,083
- This is live.
- Disgusting.
386
00:24:57,083 --> 00:24:59,583
You go into the mosque, you pray,
you come out.
387
00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:02,708
You just want to go home and start eating
and be normal again.
388
00:25:02,833 --> 00:25:05,208
But obviously it wasn't time to be normal
at all.
389
00:25:05,291 --> 00:25:06,833
Let them go!
390
00:25:06,958 --> 00:25:07,916
I phoned to my mum.
391
00:25:07,958 --> 00:25:10,958
I said, 'Mum, you better just put my food
in the fridge,
392
00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:13,208
because I'm not coming home anytime soon.'
393
00:25:13,291 --> 00:25:14,583
Let them go!
394
00:25:15,708 --> 00:25:16,833
Let them go!
395
00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:18,708
It was Eid al-Fitr, the small Eid.
396
00:25:18,791 --> 00:25:20,583
I pray with the Afghan community.
397
00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:24,416
So I was at Scotstoun
before the 8 o'clock prayer.
398
00:25:24,583 --> 00:25:28,041
My nephew, who's quite young,
he sent me a small video.
399
00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:29,833
And then I left immediately.
400
00:25:29,958 --> 00:25:31,041
I knew what it was.
401
00:25:31,291 --> 00:25:32,833
So I arrived there and parked
402
00:25:32,916 --> 00:25:34,916
near my sister's house and then walked.
403
00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:37,041
More vans have parked up, Ruby.
404
00:25:37,458 --> 00:25:39,333
There's a lot, there's a lot of them.
405
00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:42,458
Yeah, yeah.
It just seems very unnecessary.
406
00:25:43,291 --> 00:25:45,333
Like two guys
that they could just let out.
407
00:25:45,458 --> 00:25:46,541
Yeah, exactly.
408
00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:49,333
Does it really mean that much to them?
409
00:25:49,458 --> 00:25:51,083
They've got the whole community out now.
410
00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:53,083
They're coming into this community on Eid.
411
00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:55,208
No one should be dragged out their house.
412
00:25:55,958 --> 00:25:57,958
It has a really...
413
00:25:59,583 --> 00:26:02,333
It resonates all those things
that you've heard in the past,
414
00:26:02,416 --> 00:26:04,458
of the way people
have committed atrocities
415
00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,958
and the way countries have dealt
with foreigners.
416
00:26:07,208 --> 00:26:08,916
I thought the Home Office said
417
00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:11,041
that they were not
carrying out dawn raids anymore.
418
00:26:11,291 --> 00:26:13,083
And this was very visible on the date
419
00:26:13,083 --> 00:26:16,083
where many people are going around
meeting friends and family.
420
00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:17,708
Yeah, look.
421
00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,041
Cordoned completely off.
422
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:26,583
Salam alaikum, Asif.
423
00:26:26,958 --> 00:26:27,916
How are you?
424
00:26:28,708 --> 00:26:29,791
I was at the prayer.
425
00:26:29,833 --> 00:26:31,708
- Yeah, I've been here for a while.
- What's happening here?
426
00:26:31,833 --> 00:26:34,708
Two men, they've got two men
in the immigration van.
427
00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:36,208
And they won't let them go.
428
00:26:37,666 --> 00:26:40,666
I have a good list of journalists
on my phone.
429
00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:43,833
I started texting my friends and others.
430
00:26:43,833 --> 00:26:47,333
In total, like, Messenger messages,
WhatsApp, normal messages,
431
00:26:47,416 --> 00:26:50,083
I sent, like, maybe 600 messages.
432
00:26:50,166 --> 00:26:52,166
(chanting)
433
00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:57,916
I sent a Twitter message to Nicola.
434
00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:00,958
Then I texted Anas Sarwar,
the Labour Party leader.
435
00:27:01,041 --> 00:27:03,958
And I said, this is happening
in your area, in Nicola's area.
436
00:27:04,041 --> 00:27:05,791
Whatever you want to say, you must say.
437
00:27:07,166 --> 00:27:08,416
Let them go!
438
00:27:08,458 --> 00:27:09,708
These are our neighbours!
439
00:27:09,791 --> 00:27:11,083
Let them go!
440
00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:12,166
These are our neighbours!
441
00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:13,416
Let them go!
442
00:27:13,458 --> 00:27:17,416
You only find out about a dawn raid taking
place if people say it
443
00:27:17,458 --> 00:27:20,541
to campaigners or if somebody
in the community spots it.
444
00:27:20,791 --> 00:27:23,916
It's very difficult to identify and say,
yeah, a dawn raid took place.
445
00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:27,708
The moment I got a WhatsApp and realised
how close it was,
446
00:27:28,083 --> 00:27:31,708
sitting down, eating my muesli,
I was just, well, OK, that's my day then.
447
00:27:31,708 --> 00:27:34,708
And I figured out that then
what I would do,
448
00:27:34,791 --> 00:27:36,666
to be honest, I figured it would work.
449
00:27:38,958 --> 00:27:41,416
I just assumed
I was going to spend the night in a cell.
450
00:27:41,708 --> 00:27:43,083
Let them go!
451
00:27:43,333 --> 00:27:44,333
They're our neighbours!
452
00:27:44,416 --> 00:27:45,416
Let them go!
453
00:27:45,458 --> 00:27:46,958
They're our neighbours!
454
00:27:47,041 --> 00:27:48,166
Let them go!
455
00:27:49,916 --> 00:27:53,333
Nurse: I overheard them saying things were
OK because there was a nurse,
456
00:27:53,416 --> 00:27:55,083
yet they wouldn't let me do my job.
457
00:27:55,541 --> 00:27:58,083
They didn't even check
I was an actual nurse.
458
00:27:58,541 --> 00:28:01,958
I didn't have any equipment,
I barely had access to him.
459
00:28:02,416 --> 00:28:03,833
That was enough for them.
460
00:28:04,541 --> 00:28:06,916
That's a leak under there,
that's worrying.
461
00:28:08,708 --> 00:28:10,541
Have we worked out what the leak is yet?
462
00:28:10,583 --> 00:28:11,708
Uh...no.
463
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:16,208
We have a couple of ideas and this man
said, 'We'll send our sergeant round.'
464
00:28:16,291 --> 00:28:18,791
Our sergeant went round
and didn't look at it.
465
00:28:19,291 --> 00:28:22,458
All of the cops near the leak
have now backed away from it
466
00:28:22,541 --> 00:28:24,083
and we still don't know what it is.
467
00:28:24,166 --> 00:28:26,916
At one point,
there was something leaking from the van,
468
00:28:26,958 --> 00:28:28,666
running down this guy's head.
469
00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,541
There was something dripping on me
after a while.
470
00:28:31,583 --> 00:28:33,958
I was worried it was a fuel leak
or something.
471
00:28:33,958 --> 00:28:36,583
And they were refusing to check
what it was.
472
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,791
Is this vehicle safe?
473
00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:40,333
What is it?
474
00:28:40,333 --> 00:28:44,166
They said they couldn't ask anyone because
they couldn't move from where they were.
475
00:28:44,458 --> 00:28:47,166
It took an hour and a half to find out
476
00:28:47,208 --> 00:28:50,333
that it was maybe, probably,
the air conditioning.
477
00:28:50,833 --> 00:28:52,708
Van Man: The good news was
it wasn't petrol.
478
00:28:52,833 --> 00:28:54,916
The bad news was it was everyone's sweat
479
00:28:55,541 --> 00:28:58,208
up there, dripping directly down
onto my back.
480
00:28:58,666 --> 00:29:02,083
If something happened,
things would escalate very quickly
481
00:29:02,166 --> 00:29:04,833
and it would have been hard
to help him in any way.
482
00:29:05,958 --> 00:29:08,708
He was practically invisible under there.
483
00:29:09,458 --> 00:29:13,208
Sometimes people panic or hyperventilate.
484
00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:14,958
Also, the van was always moving.
485
00:29:15,541 --> 00:29:17,208
Police officers going in and out.
486
00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:19,583
It wasn't a good place to be.
487
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:22,291
There was half a dozen dudes
inside moving around
488
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:25,041
and when they moved around inside the van,
I could feel the whole thing
489
00:29:25,833 --> 00:29:26,833
shift on me.
490
00:29:27,416 --> 00:29:28,333
It was intense.
491
00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:32,083
Because any time they stomped their feet
or pounded the walls,
492
00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:34,666
I could feel the vibrations.
493
00:29:36,583 --> 00:29:38,583
(sighs)
(chanting in background)
494
00:29:39,333 --> 00:29:41,166
They were strangers,
but we spent...
495
00:29:42,208 --> 00:29:43,208
all that time
496
00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:45,583
cooped up together.
497
00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:49,416
I didn't know anything about them or...
498
00:29:49,833 --> 00:29:51,083
who they were.
499
00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:54,083
(music fades)
500
00:29:54,791 --> 00:29:56,791
(chanting in background)
501
00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:03,708
(in Punjabi) Everyone gets nervous
at a time like that.
502
00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:06,833
At first, I didn't know what was going on.
503
00:30:07,791 --> 00:30:11,208
After a few minutes,
I realised why we weren't moving.
504
00:30:12,458 --> 00:30:13,541
There's a person underneath.
505
00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:19,333
When the police began to intervene, that's
when I knew: there's someone underneath.
506
00:30:20,208 --> 00:30:22,291
I'm a mechanic myself.
507
00:30:23,333 --> 00:30:25,416
Another one or two people
get into the van.
508
00:30:25,666 --> 00:30:27,708
Their weight goes onto him.
509
00:30:28,041 --> 00:30:32,958
Even more weight on him!
There are six people in the van now.
510
00:30:33,458 --> 00:30:34,583
These are our neighbours!
511
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:35,958
Let them go!
512
00:30:36,041 --> 00:30:37,083
These are our neighbours!
513
00:30:37,083 --> 00:30:38,208
Let them go!
514
00:30:38,208 --> 00:30:39,833
(chanting continues)
515
00:30:40,583 --> 00:30:42,166
Protestor: Let them out!
516
00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:44,541
OK, can you ask him if...
517
00:30:44,791 --> 00:30:46,208
I'm not, no, I'm not...
518
00:30:47,416 --> 00:30:50,583
Lots of police officers don't know much
about the asylum and immigration system
519
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:54,458
so if they're stonewalling you,
It's not necessarily because they're...
520
00:30:54,916 --> 00:30:56,208
trying to be difficult,
521
00:30:56,291 --> 00:30:57,833
it's quite often because they don't know.
522
00:30:57,916 --> 00:31:00,083
They have a right to legal representation.
523
00:31:00,166 --> 00:31:02,083
Their lawyer needs to know
that this is going on.
524
00:31:02,166 --> 00:31:04,458
I don't know if a solicitor's aware
of what's happening with them just now.
525
00:31:04,541 --> 00:31:05,791
- OK, well...
- OK?
526
00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:09,791
And if you, as a concerned member
of the public, wish to phone a lawyer,
527
00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:11,541
then I can't stop you from doing that.
528
00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:13,333
No, but I don't want to phone
a lawyer now,
529
00:31:13,416 --> 00:31:15,291
if they've already got a lawyer
and the lawyer's not aware,
530
00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:17,208
because that's just a waste
of everyone's time.
531
00:31:17,291 --> 00:31:19,541
No legal agent has made themselves
known to us.
532
00:31:19,583 --> 00:31:21,333
- Can you ask them?
- Crowd: Let them go!
533
00:31:21,416 --> 00:31:24,583
I could see that that was a possible way
out that wouldn't end in...
534
00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:27,708
the police really violently
clearing everyone.
535
00:31:28,083 --> 00:31:29,291
Let them go!
536
00:31:29,541 --> 00:31:33,333
No justice, no peace!
No racist police!
537
00:31:33,666 --> 00:31:37,458
No justice, no peace!
No racist police!
538
00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:40,833
No justice, no peace!
No racist police!
539
00:31:40,916 --> 00:31:43,458
We were walking down Kenmure Street
to my gran's, I was panicked.
540
00:31:43,541 --> 00:31:45,541
I was like, 'What's happening?
What's going on?'
541
00:31:45,583 --> 00:31:47,583
(chanting continues)
542
00:31:47,708 --> 00:31:49,083
I recognised a few faces.
543
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:51,458
So then, by the time I reached
my grandmother's house,
544
00:31:51,583 --> 00:31:56,208
I immediately jumped onto social media
and I found Tabassum's livestream.
545
00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:57,208
(chanting)
546
00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:59,833
We're here on Facebook Live,
we've been here the whole time.
547
00:31:59,916 --> 00:32:03,083
Eid Mubarak, everyone,
this is how I'm spending my Eid.
548
00:32:03,458 --> 00:32:06,916
Crowd: Shame on you! Shame on you!
549
00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:08,583
It's not just South Asians.
550
00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:12,666
There's people there from all different
backgrounds and you're like, actually,
551
00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:16,416
there is love here,
even at this most stressful point.
552
00:32:16,958 --> 00:32:19,333
And the radical people around you,
553
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:21,333
you didn't realise were your neighbours
this whole time.
554
00:32:21,416 --> 00:32:25,458
I had some paints from the middle of Lidl
that I'd bought a while ago
555
00:32:25,958 --> 00:32:27,333
and a couple of bits of hardboard
556
00:32:27,416 --> 00:32:30,541
that were the back of my sister's
Billy bookcase
557
00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:32,416
that I was supposed to get back to her.
558
00:32:32,458 --> 00:32:37,416
And I just spent half an hour rather
quickly painting on the kitchen floor.
559
00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:40,958
I stuck the banner out
and I'm slightly deaf
560
00:32:41,041 --> 00:32:43,166
and I suddenly realised
there was this noise
561
00:32:43,291 --> 00:32:45,208
and it was actually the crowd's cheering.
562
00:32:45,791 --> 00:32:47,166
So I think I gave them a thumbs up.
563
00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:50,833
(chanting)
564
00:33:06,458 --> 00:33:09,291
We thought a good idea
would be to open our mosque
565
00:33:09,333 --> 00:33:10,416
for toilets
566
00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:14,833
because the police and the protesters
would both need to use them.
567
00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:16,958
And that was interesting
568
00:33:17,458 --> 00:33:19,083
because you would see the police
569
00:33:19,583 --> 00:33:22,458
and the protesters both coming in
to use the bathroom,
570
00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:26,583
but then outside they're shouting and
screaming in their own line of defence,
571
00:33:26,666 --> 00:33:27,583
I presume.
572
00:33:28,041 --> 00:33:30,041
(arguing)
573
00:33:32,083 --> 00:33:33,833
Police officer: You're not wearing any
face mask, are you?
574
00:33:33,833 --> 00:33:34,791
Get back.
575
00:33:35,083 --> 00:33:36,458
I've got my hands behind my back.
576
00:33:36,541 --> 00:33:39,333
You're putting your hands on me,
not the other way around.
577
00:33:39,833 --> 00:33:41,166
You're trying to assault me?
578
00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:43,416
- Police officer: No, we're not.
- Right, well don't come to me then.
579
00:33:43,458 --> 00:33:44,916
Police officer: OK,
so nobody's assaulted anybody.
580
00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:45,708
Everything's calm.
581
00:33:45,791 --> 00:33:47,208
Why don't you stay back
and leave it alone?
582
00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:48,291
Stay here.
583
00:33:52,041 --> 00:33:52,958
Typical, typical.
584
00:33:53,916 --> 00:33:54,958
What did I say to the sergeant?
585
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:56,833
If youse don't escalate it,
it won't get escalated
586
00:33:56,916 --> 00:33:58,166
and yet youse have escalated it.
587
00:33:59,291 --> 00:34:00,958
- Police officer: I'm lawfully touching you.
- No, you're not.
588
00:34:01,041 --> 00:34:02,208
No, you're not.
589
00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:04,083
- No, no, no.
- He's not moved!
590
00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:06,166
(arguing)
591
00:34:07,791 --> 00:34:09,458
He's not moved!
Now you've said it.
592
00:34:09,541 --> 00:34:10,833
This community hasn't given you...
593
00:34:10,958 --> 00:34:12,833
...do you know about policing by consent?
594
00:34:12,916 --> 00:34:14,833
This community hasn't given you consent.
595
00:34:14,833 --> 00:34:15,958
Please don't push me.
596
00:34:16,041 --> 00:34:16,958
Don't push me.
597
00:34:17,041 --> 00:34:18,041
Don't push me.
598
00:34:18,083 --> 00:34:19,083
You've approached me.
599
00:34:19,208 --> 00:34:20,208
You've approached me.
600
00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:21,458
I'm not happy with this.
601
00:34:21,458 --> 00:34:23,333
Just step back, he's doing nothing.
602
00:34:23,458 --> 00:34:24,458
Just look around.
603
00:34:25,083 --> 00:34:29,166
BBC cameras, Scotsman, STV, everywhere.
604
00:34:30,208 --> 00:34:31,708
Do your job.
605
00:34:32,041 --> 00:34:34,458
Go and get the two kidnapped guys
out of the van.
606
00:34:34,541 --> 00:34:36,541
They've got no powers
to do what they're doing.
607
00:34:36,583 --> 00:34:37,458
Let them out.
608
00:34:37,541 --> 00:34:39,333
Do your job, and then we'll go home.
609
00:34:39,416 --> 00:34:40,666
Come on tae fuck, man.
610
00:34:41,208 --> 00:34:42,666
Abusing that uniform, man.
611
00:34:43,041 --> 00:34:45,083
Bullies! Bullies!
That's what you are, bullies!
612
00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:46,958
Smile, mate.
613
00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:48,416
Smile to all these cameras.
614
00:34:48,458 --> 00:34:49,916
Smile, mate, smile.
615
00:34:50,583 --> 00:34:55,208
I had to remind my son
to not get too close to the police.
616
00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:58,166
You're going to be trending in Glasgow.
617
00:34:58,541 --> 00:35:00,041
So I was a little concerned for him.
618
00:35:00,083 --> 00:35:03,708
I thought, OK, if your mum gets taken
away, that's OK
619
00:35:03,708 --> 00:35:05,583
but I don't want anyone to take you away.
620
00:35:05,666 --> 00:35:09,541
No justice, no peace!
No racist police!
621
00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:13,666
No justice, no peace!
No racist police!
622
00:35:14,833 --> 00:35:16,916
I read a tweet.
623
00:35:17,208 --> 00:35:19,458
I immediately was concerned.
624
00:35:20,791 --> 00:35:24,666
And I said to my boss,
I actually need to go.
625
00:35:24,833 --> 00:35:26,583
I'm going to take the half day off.
626
00:35:29,666 --> 00:35:32,833
And I was very fortunate
because I work for an MP.
627
00:35:33,541 --> 00:35:34,458
We put out tables.
628
00:35:34,583 --> 00:35:36,083
We thought, let's make a wee
629
00:35:36,166 --> 00:35:37,958
Eid celebration out of this.
(hopeful music)
630
00:35:38,083 --> 00:35:39,666
We said to some of the folk, just stay.
631
00:35:39,708 --> 00:35:40,708
You know, your cars are blocked.
632
00:35:40,708 --> 00:35:42,083
Have tea and biscuits with us.
633
00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:47,583
I'd stopped at the shop
to pick up some snacks because
634
00:35:47,583 --> 00:35:49,666
I thought, if this is going to go on
for a long time,
635
00:35:49,708 --> 00:35:51,333
probably people need some food.
636
00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:53,333
And when I got there,
one of the bus stops on the street
637
00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:55,708
was completely full of water and snacks.
638
00:35:55,833 --> 00:35:57,833
So everybody else had had the same idea.
639
00:35:57,833 --> 00:36:01,666
The bus stop was turned into, like, water
station and with snacks and everything.
640
00:36:02,333 --> 00:36:04,083
You know, samosas, pakoras...
641
00:36:04,208 --> 00:36:05,208
Refreshments.
642
00:36:05,333 --> 00:36:07,208
People were bringing out blankets, water.
643
00:36:07,541 --> 00:36:09,083
They were bringing things in.
644
00:36:09,083 --> 00:36:12,958
We went into our flats and took any
packets of biscuits and crisps.
645
00:36:13,541 --> 00:36:16,333
People constantly trying to get you
to take bags of crisps
646
00:36:16,416 --> 00:36:18,166
and biscuits and stuff like that.
647
00:36:18,208 --> 00:36:21,416
Shopkeepers arrived with, you know,
blocks of water.
648
00:36:21,458 --> 00:36:23,583
And then you would get the bin bag
to put the crisps in
649
00:36:23,583 --> 00:36:26,333
to make sure you're not leaving the place
in a state.
650
00:36:26,458 --> 00:36:30,208
The bus shelter became a kind of support
station, a tuck shop,
651
00:36:30,208 --> 00:36:31,833
a first-aid post.
652
00:36:32,458 --> 00:36:34,333
And that really struck me
because it was just such
653
00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:38,416
a kind of act of care
around the broader act of care.
654
00:36:38,458 --> 00:36:39,416
Got any water, mate?
655
00:36:39,458 --> 00:36:44,333
Somebody brought this great big cookie
that said 'Eid Mubarak' on it.
656
00:36:44,708 --> 00:36:48,916
And they obviously brought it to share and
it just sat on top of a car roof all day.
657
00:36:48,958 --> 00:36:51,708
I think people were too polite
to break into it.
658
00:36:52,083 --> 00:36:54,416
As we were growing,
we were growing in confidence.
659
00:36:54,583 --> 00:36:57,208
Like, everybody was getting jobs to do,
660
00:36:57,333 --> 00:36:59,916
looking after each other,
organising in the community.
661
00:36:59,958 --> 00:37:03,458
It does show you amazingly
how challenging the system
662
00:37:03,583 --> 00:37:05,166
gives people this confidence
663
00:37:05,208 --> 00:37:08,333
to take control of our lives
and start running things for ourselves.
664
00:37:08,458 --> 00:37:11,583
Let them go! Let them go! Let them go!
665
00:37:11,583 --> 00:37:13,583
(whistle blowing)
666
00:37:13,791 --> 00:37:15,791
(chanting continues)
667
00:37:18,041 --> 00:37:21,083
Five hours in, there was a point
where the police were asking
668
00:37:21,166 --> 00:37:24,333
someone who had parked their car
if they could remove it.
669
00:37:24,666 --> 00:37:26,083
And people shouting back,
670
00:37:26,166 --> 00:37:28,833
'Could the owner of this immigration van
please remove it?'
671
00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:35,166
(in Punjabi) When everyone else arrived,
the noise got even louder.
672
00:37:36,958 --> 00:37:40,166
We knew they were fighting for us.
673
00:37:41,416 --> 00:37:42,416
We heard it all.
674
00:37:44,916 --> 00:37:47,166
The lady Immigration Officer asked me:
675
00:37:48,541 --> 00:37:49,958
'Who are you?
676
00:37:50,666 --> 00:37:53,291
Who are you that all these people
have gathered here?
677
00:37:54,083 --> 00:37:55,708
In Pollokshields, who are you?'
678
00:37:56,791 --> 00:37:59,333
I'm nobody. I'm normal.
679
00:38:01,291 --> 00:38:05,583
Van Man: I overheard someone on
a megaphone addressing the cops, actually.
680
00:38:06,333 --> 00:38:09,041
I'm paraphrasing,
but the gist of if it was...
681
00:38:09,333 --> 00:38:12,958
I don't think you realise that we're here
for the long haul.
682
00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:14,833
It's Eid.
683
00:38:14,833 --> 00:38:16,458
We've just come from the mosque.
684
00:38:16,583 --> 00:38:19,208
We spent an entire last week preparing.
685
00:38:19,208 --> 00:38:21,208
We have all the logistics here.
686
00:38:21,791 --> 00:38:24,708
And you don't,
you may as well give up now.
687
00:38:26,083 --> 00:38:27,333
It was incredible.
688
00:38:27,416 --> 00:38:30,958
We would not have a mafia from London
who can take us
689
00:38:30,958 --> 00:38:33,958
from our houses and throw us in the van.
690
00:38:34,041 --> 00:38:36,041
(applause, cheers of agreement)
691
00:38:36,833 --> 00:38:40,958
You're trying to remove any negative
energy in the month of Ramadan.
692
00:38:40,958 --> 00:38:43,458
You're spiritually growing yourself.
693
00:38:43,541 --> 00:38:45,583
And I know mentally I had prepared myself,
694
00:38:45,666 --> 00:38:47,166
and I had a whole month of fasting.
695
00:38:47,208 --> 00:38:50,583
It's what it's all about, this battle
within yourself to be a better person.
696
00:38:50,666 --> 00:38:53,708
I could have easily lasted a whole night
and day there.
697
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:55,541
We call it the personal jihad.
698
00:38:55,958 --> 00:39:00,208
Stand tall and nobody's moving
until those people are released.
699
00:39:00,291 --> 00:39:02,291
(applause, whistle blowing)
700
00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:10,291
The fact that I'm a nurse
gives some level of protection to me
701
00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:12,583
that other people wouldn't experience.
702
00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:16,541
I'm sure there were lots of people there
703
00:39:16,583 --> 00:39:19,916
who were doctors and lawyers
and all sorts.
704
00:39:21,166 --> 00:39:24,541
Some teenagers around the van
were saying very similar things
705
00:39:24,583 --> 00:39:26,458
to the police that I was saying,
706
00:39:26,458 --> 00:39:29,333
but they were getting shouted at
and pushed back.
707
00:39:30,083 --> 00:39:31,666
I'm not un-arrestable.
708
00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:33,458
I could be arrested.
709
00:39:34,041 --> 00:39:38,083
And that means I couldn't work as a nurse
pending an investigation.
710
00:39:40,208 --> 00:39:43,791
But it's a bit of a strange area,
to be honest.
711
00:39:44,583 --> 00:39:49,583
I have to sign a statement saying
I'm of good character as part of the job.
712
00:39:50,291 --> 00:39:56,958
Never to get arrested for something
presumes that anything you could do
713
00:39:57,041 --> 00:40:00,708
or be arrested for is presumably
a bad thing.
714
00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:09,333
It's a very critical position to take
in the context of a protest.
715
00:40:09,583 --> 00:40:11,583
(crowd chattering)
716
00:40:16,333 --> 00:40:17,708
(ambient music)
717
00:40:18,041 --> 00:40:20,541
These are my words,
but this isn't my face.
718
00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:22,916
When I realised that the car
was being moved,
719
00:40:22,958 --> 00:40:25,208
I was on my own at the other end
of the street.
720
00:40:25,708 --> 00:40:29,208
I could see a recovery truck,
so I just ran.
721
00:40:29,333 --> 00:40:31,333
Let them go! Let them go!
722
00:40:31,333 --> 00:40:34,208
If that car gets moved,
they might be able to move the van
723
00:40:34,291 --> 00:40:37,458
so I dived under there,
just feet first underneath the car.
724
00:40:37,583 --> 00:40:39,583
(arguing, shouting)
725
00:40:41,291 --> 00:40:42,458
Dickhead!
726
00:40:46,208 --> 00:40:47,291
Get off him!
727
00:40:49,208 --> 00:40:50,333
Get off, please!
728
00:40:51,083 --> 00:40:53,083
You proud of yourself, you?
729
00:40:54,208 --> 00:40:55,208
Arrest him for what?
730
00:40:56,166 --> 00:40:58,166
(chanting) Let her go!
731
00:41:05,791 --> 00:41:07,791
(chanting continues)
732
00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:24,208
You do not need to do this!
733
00:41:30,333 --> 00:41:33,666
(various chants and shouting)
734
00:41:49,458 --> 00:41:50,583
Let her go!
735
00:41:50,666 --> 00:41:51,916
Let her go!
736
00:41:51,958 --> 00:41:53,166
Let her go!
737
00:41:53,208 --> 00:41:55,416
Let her go!
738
00:41:55,458 --> 00:41:56,666
It felt really lonely.
739
00:41:57,458 --> 00:42:00,291
Just a swarm of people with cameras
and camera phones.
740
00:42:01,083 --> 00:42:02,958
People shouting to let me go
and things like that.
741
00:42:03,041 --> 00:42:04,708
De-escalate it and take it away!
742
00:42:04,791 --> 00:42:07,083
That doesn't mean you can just do
whatever you want.
743
00:42:07,083 --> 00:42:08,416
She's done fuck all!
744
00:42:10,958 --> 00:42:12,416
There was one Glaswegian voice
in particular
745
00:42:12,458 --> 00:42:14,208
who really put himself in the way.
746
00:42:15,458 --> 00:42:16,791
I did really appreciate that.
747
00:42:18,166 --> 00:42:19,541
But at the same time,
there was just something
748
00:42:19,583 --> 00:42:21,583
really dystopian about the whole thing.
749
00:42:22,208 --> 00:42:24,416
You're pushing people against...
750
00:42:25,291 --> 00:42:27,833
Move, move! Get back!
751
00:42:31,083 --> 00:42:32,333
Just let her go!
752
00:42:32,416 --> 00:42:33,666
(arguing, commotion)
753
00:42:33,708 --> 00:42:35,458
De-escalate the situation.
754
00:42:35,458 --> 00:42:36,958
Get back!
755
00:42:37,333 --> 00:42:38,541
Get your hands off me!
756
00:42:39,791 --> 00:42:42,208
They've already let this guy
go under the van.
757
00:42:42,291 --> 00:42:45,083
They couldn't stop him because he went
under the van before they arrived.
758
00:42:45,166 --> 00:42:47,833
Immigration had phoned the police,
the police had turned up.
759
00:42:47,916 --> 00:42:48,958
But they could stop her.
760
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:50,958
And they stopped her with a lot of force.
761
00:42:50,958 --> 00:42:53,208
And it's a show of force
to show everybody else.
762
00:42:53,208 --> 00:42:56,083
It's not just about her and stopping her,
it's about showing the rest of us.
763
00:42:56,083 --> 00:42:59,666
'If you try anything like this that's not
just standing about chanting,
764
00:42:59,708 --> 00:43:01,416
we'll drag you through the courts.'
765
00:43:01,458 --> 00:43:03,458
Get back, get back!
766
00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:05,583
(arguing, commotion)
767
00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:07,791
(sinister music)
768
00:43:21,458 --> 00:43:22,666
Get back!
769
00:43:25,208 --> 00:43:26,333
Get back!
770
00:43:26,333 --> 00:43:27,666
- Shut up.
- Get back!
771
00:43:34,083 --> 00:43:35,333
Look, excuse me.
772
00:43:35,458 --> 00:43:37,166
Can I speak to you honestly?
773
00:43:37,208 --> 00:43:42,708
This officer, excuse me, this officer,
he's the worst officer I have ever seen.
774
00:43:42,791 --> 00:43:43,916
The worst...
775
00:43:43,958 --> 00:43:46,708
You have no respect for women,
for children, for nobody.
776
00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:50,166
This guy is the worst man I've ever seen,
this guy.
777
00:43:50,208 --> 00:43:52,416
Listen, you're a police officer,
get your guy...
778
00:43:52,458 --> 00:43:54,208
This guy, send him home.
779
00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:57,083
Trust me, send him home, this guy.
780
00:43:57,166 --> 00:43:59,333
I don't want to speak to anyone.
That's it.
781
00:43:59,833 --> 00:44:02,208
I'm telling you, this guy, send him home.
782
00:44:02,333 --> 00:44:04,333
You know, he should be cutting potatoes.
783
00:44:04,416 --> 00:44:08,708
And then I got angry and I said, he's good
to sell potatoes or tomatoes.
784
00:44:08,791 --> 00:44:12,333
He's not good to be a police officer
in this tense situation.
785
00:44:12,458 --> 00:44:14,458
(arguing, commotion)
786
00:44:31,541 --> 00:44:33,541
Get back, get back.
787
00:44:36,208 --> 00:44:38,416
Get back, get back.
788
00:44:40,791 --> 00:44:42,791
(arguing, commotion continues)
789
00:44:47,333 --> 00:44:48,416
Move to side.
790
00:44:48,458 --> 00:44:50,458
Protestor: Don't fucking push me, wee man!
791
00:44:50,458 --> 00:44:52,458
Keep moving.
792
00:44:53,958 --> 00:44:56,333
Off the road, please,
off the road.
793
00:44:56,708 --> 00:44:59,833
Off the road, off the road!
794
00:45:00,666 --> 00:45:02,541
Guys, get off to the pavement!
795
00:45:02,583 --> 00:45:03,791
Off of the road!
796
00:45:04,291 --> 00:45:06,041
You can walk on the pavement.
797
00:45:06,083 --> 00:45:07,916
Get on the pavement.
798
00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:09,583
(shouting)
799
00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,041
Get off the road.
800
00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:13,333
You can live here for 200 years,
801
00:45:14,208 --> 00:45:18,083
but in the eyes of the establishment,
you are not British.
802
00:45:18,666 --> 00:45:22,208
I mean, yes, the people are different from
the regimes.
803
00:45:22,708 --> 00:45:25,291
And I experience it every time
I travel abroad,
804
00:45:25,333 --> 00:45:27,583
I come in and get picked from the queue.
805
00:45:27,708 --> 00:45:31,458
I was asked in 2005
if I know where bin Laden was.
806
00:45:31,958 --> 00:45:33,541
I said, 'Are you serious?'
He said, 'Yes.'
807
00:45:33,583 --> 00:45:35,041
I said, 'Look, if I know
where bin Laden was,
808
00:45:35,083 --> 00:45:36,833
I wouldn't be coming to Glasgow today.'
809
00:45:36,916 --> 00:45:39,291
He said, 'Then where will you be?'
I said, 'Downing Street.
810
00:45:39,333 --> 00:45:41,083
I'll be telling Tony Blair,
there's bin Laden.
811
00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:43,208
The five million reward, give it to me.'
812
00:45:43,208 --> 00:45:45,333
(through megaphone)
They want this to become ugly.
813
00:45:45,333 --> 00:45:47,208
So we're not going to get ugly.
814
00:45:47,291 --> 00:45:49,666
We're going to continue
the peaceful protest,
815
00:45:49,708 --> 00:45:52,583
no matter if it takes one day,
two days, three days.
816
00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:54,708
If they have the time, we have the water.
817
00:45:54,791 --> 00:45:56,791
(cheering, applause)
818
00:45:58,291 --> 00:46:00,833
I think in that moment, she's off to jail.
819
00:46:00,958 --> 00:46:05,583
It's important to try and keep everybody
unified around a singular thing.
820
00:46:06,333 --> 00:46:08,541
Folks, listen up, listen up.
821
00:46:08,583 --> 00:46:11,041
The police are issuing orders.
822
00:46:11,083 --> 00:46:12,708
They're moving their vans.
823
00:46:12,708 --> 00:46:15,708
They are going to get prepared
to move this van.
824
00:46:15,833 --> 00:46:19,166
If they try,
everybody has to sit on the ground.
825
00:46:19,208 --> 00:46:21,208
(cheering, applause)
826
00:46:23,541 --> 00:46:25,333
I want to see a show of hands!
827
00:46:25,666 --> 00:46:27,541
Who's prepared to get arrested?!
828
00:46:28,208 --> 00:46:29,666
Who's prepared!?
829
00:46:32,958 --> 00:46:34,833
Do not allow them to move us.
830
00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:37,083
If we're standing, they can push us back.
831
00:46:37,166 --> 00:46:40,958
If we're sitting, they're going to have to
lift every single person,
832
00:46:41,041 --> 00:46:42,583
and they cannot do that.
833
00:46:42,916 --> 00:46:44,916
(cheering, applause)
834
00:46:49,208 --> 00:46:51,458
It got to that point
where there was too many protesters
835
00:46:51,541 --> 00:46:54,333
for the police to lift them all,
to pick them all up.
836
00:46:54,791 --> 00:46:57,458
And there was no way that the protesters
were going to go home
837
00:46:57,541 --> 00:46:58,833
or going to go anywhere.
838
00:46:58,916 --> 00:47:00,708
I thought there's going to have
to be a clash.
839
00:47:00,708 --> 00:47:01,958
There's going to be a riot.
840
00:47:02,458 --> 00:47:05,958
Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!
841
00:47:09,583 --> 00:47:12,916
A lot of people there were other mums
and dads from the school run.
842
00:47:12,958 --> 00:47:15,166
I think my instinct
is to act as a journalist.
843
00:47:15,208 --> 00:47:17,666
It's to record, it's to capture,
it's to document.
844
00:47:19,208 --> 00:47:22,583
But...these are my neighbours,
these are my friends...
845
00:47:22,833 --> 00:47:24,833
(chanting)
846
00:47:24,958 --> 00:47:27,541
Let them go! Let them go!
847
00:47:27,583 --> 00:47:29,833
Let them go! Let them go!
848
00:47:29,958 --> 00:47:31,958
Let them go! Let them go!
849
00:47:32,041 --> 00:47:37,208
I was meeting my children for a spot
of lunch and started getting text messages
850
00:47:37,208 --> 00:47:39,791
and I'm sitting trying to concentrate
because the kids are saying:
851
00:47:39,833 --> 00:47:41,083
'Dad, stop looking at your phone.'
852
00:47:41,166 --> 00:47:43,333
I'm trying to look at what's going on.
853
00:47:43,416 --> 00:47:46,708
I could see from the videos,
something in the region of 40 riot vans.
854
00:47:46,791 --> 00:47:48,791
When people were coming in,
they were saying,
855
00:47:48,833 --> 00:47:51,916
'Wow, the whole of the area
is surrounded by the police.'
856
00:47:51,958 --> 00:47:56,083
So if something was to kick off, I'm sure
it would have been an absolute riot.
857
00:47:56,208 --> 00:47:57,833
At one point, there was a helicopter.
858
00:47:58,083 --> 00:48:00,083
It was just,
why is there a helicopter here?
859
00:48:00,166 --> 00:48:01,208
What's going to happen?
860
00:48:02,208 --> 00:48:05,666
And I remember the liaison police officers
had told us,
861
00:48:05,708 --> 00:48:11,458
'We're going to change the police who are
outside the van because they're tired.
862
00:48:11,541 --> 00:48:13,833
Be peaceful, don't react.'
863
00:48:14,291 --> 00:48:18,208
And for me, that showed the police
being scared of ordinary people.
864
00:48:18,291 --> 00:48:21,333
Difficult situation for the police,
as well, because it's not like
865
00:48:21,333 --> 00:48:23,833
you're driving protesters out of the area
they'd marched,
866
00:48:23,916 --> 00:48:26,833
let's say, to the City Chambers,
or they marched to Trafalgar Square.
867
00:48:27,083 --> 00:48:28,208
This is their homes.
868
00:48:28,333 --> 00:48:29,541
These are their communities.
869
00:48:29,583 --> 00:48:31,958
Are they going to go door to door,
battering folk?
870
00:48:31,958 --> 00:48:33,583
Are they going to smash the windows in?
871
00:48:33,583 --> 00:48:36,833
If you've got young children,
you've got old people,
872
00:48:36,916 --> 00:48:39,833
they're just going to drive through
and people are going to get hurt.
873
00:48:39,916 --> 00:48:44,083
And that inflames the situation
because I know as a young lefty,
874
00:48:44,083 --> 00:48:47,208
one of the things I was told
was there's nothing more radicalising
875
00:48:47,208 --> 00:48:49,333
than being hit with a baton.
876
00:48:52,333 --> 00:48:55,458
It almost felt like as though it was
a trap that was set for everyone.
877
00:48:55,791 --> 00:48:59,458
A trap set for the Scottish government,
a trap set for the people of Glasgow,
878
00:48:59,541 --> 00:49:00,958
for the people of Pollokshields.
879
00:49:01,041 --> 00:49:02,458
It's a trap set for Police Scotland.
880
00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:04,833
(reflective music)
881
00:49:11,791 --> 00:49:15,333
Kenmure Street,
like many other streets across Glasgow,
882
00:49:15,333 --> 00:49:18,291
carries the name of an individual
or a property
883
00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:21,541
that has connections to Britain's Atlantic
slavery economy.
884
00:49:21,708 --> 00:49:27,708
In this case, it refers to Sir William
Stirling-Maxwell, born in Kenmure House.
885
00:49:27,791 --> 00:49:30,333
Their family seat was in Pollok
886
00:49:30,333 --> 00:49:33,541
and they had long-term imperial
connections in India
887
00:49:33,583 --> 00:49:36,166
as well as estates in Jamaica.
888
00:49:36,541 --> 00:49:42,208
They built Kenmure House in Bishopbriggs
using the wealth from the plantations
889
00:49:42,291 --> 00:49:47,458
and on those plantations,
you'll find at least 400 enslaved people.
890
00:49:50,416 --> 00:49:52,833
There are two sources of revenue
for the construction
891
00:49:52,833 --> 00:49:56,666
of the great industrial cities
within Britain in the 19th century.
892
00:49:56,708 --> 00:49:59,208
One, of course,
is the exploitation of labour,
893
00:49:59,208 --> 00:50:01,708
indigenous labour, if you like,
within the factories.
894
00:50:01,708 --> 00:50:03,166
So particularly within Glasgow,
895
00:50:03,208 --> 00:50:05,166
you've got a lot of Highland labour
coming down,
896
00:50:05,208 --> 00:50:09,708
Gaelic speakers working in the early mills
and the mines and factories and so on.
897
00:50:09,791 --> 00:50:11,833
But the other half of the equation is,
of course,
898
00:50:11,833 --> 00:50:15,208
to do with the plantation economy
and the history of the slave trade.
899
00:50:16,083 --> 00:50:20,333
Glasgow has a long historical connection
with Atlantic slavery
900
00:50:20,416 --> 00:50:22,458
from the mid-17th century.
901
00:50:23,291 --> 00:50:26,083
We begin to see
the Atlantic slavery economy
902
00:50:26,083 --> 00:50:27,833
and the import of slave-grown produce,
903
00:50:27,833 --> 00:50:32,416
particularly sugar,
dramatically shift Glasgow's economy.
904
00:50:34,958 --> 00:50:37,916
Slave-grown commodities
are the driving forces
905
00:50:37,958 --> 00:50:40,416
behind the Scottish Industrial Revolution.
906
00:50:41,458 --> 00:50:45,833
Glasgow really becomes the epicentre
of Scotland's Atlantic commerce.
907
00:50:46,041 --> 00:50:49,708
They had limited involvement
in the triangular trade,
908
00:50:49,791 --> 00:50:51,958
historically known as the slave trade,
909
00:50:52,041 --> 00:50:56,958
and we think there is only 27 recorded
Scottish slave trade voyages.
910
00:50:57,458 --> 00:51:01,583
The majority of them would have left from
Port Glasgow and Greenock,
911
00:51:02,291 --> 00:51:06,458
but it's a tiny amount compared
to the major English slaving ports,
912
00:51:06,458 --> 00:51:09,416
Liverpool, Bristol and, of course, London.
913
00:51:10,708 --> 00:51:12,958
But where the Scots really monopolised
914
00:51:13,041 --> 00:51:17,166
was the trade in slave-grown produce,
especially tobacco.
915
00:51:17,208 --> 00:51:23,333
In one year, 1758,
they import more tobacco to Clyde Ports
916
00:51:23,333 --> 00:51:25,666
than all the other English ports
put together.
917
00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:29,458
And Robin Blackburn,
the great economic historian of slavery,
918
00:51:29,541 --> 00:51:34,083
estimates that anything up to 50%
of the capital needed to finance
919
00:51:34,166 --> 00:51:39,333
urban construction in the 19th century
came directly from the plantation economy.
920
00:51:40,083 --> 00:51:41,416
The Stirling family themselves
921
00:51:41,458 --> 00:51:45,083
are Scotland's most prominent
Jamaica enslavers,
922
00:51:45,166 --> 00:51:48,958
and they own two plantations,
Hampden and Frontier.
923
00:51:49,583 --> 00:51:51,208
The Maxwell family had connections
924
00:51:51,208 --> 00:51:54,458
with St Kitts,
plantations and enslaved people.
925
00:51:54,833 --> 00:51:59,416
There is then a marriage,
and their estate in Scotland was vast.
926
00:52:01,041 --> 00:52:05,458
It was sustained and maintained by profits
from India and then the Caribbean.
927
00:52:06,458 --> 00:52:11,166
After the abolition of slavery,
the last plantation is sold off in 1850.
928
00:52:11,541 --> 00:52:16,083
And the very next year,
the development of Pollokshields began.
929
00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:17,708
(sombre music)
930
00:52:17,708 --> 00:52:20,208
At the time, people who profited
931
00:52:20,291 --> 00:52:24,333
from the labour of enslaved people
were not ashamed.
932
00:52:24,708 --> 00:52:27,958
In the UK, it was abolished in 1833.
933
00:52:28,333 --> 00:52:31,833
And then in 1837,
you get the Compensation Act,
934
00:52:31,916 --> 00:52:36,791
where people who now have to free
their enslaved labourers
935
00:52:36,833 --> 00:52:39,416
are getting compensated
for the loss of income.
936
00:52:40,583 --> 00:52:45,083
The British government had to take out
a massive loan of twenty million pounds
937
00:52:45,083 --> 00:52:47,458
in order to pay off
all of this compensation.
938
00:52:48,083 --> 00:52:53,208
And as British taxpayers,
we have been repaying that loan
939
00:52:53,208 --> 00:52:57,041
through our taxes right up until 2015.
940
00:52:58,083 --> 00:53:05,083
In today's money,
we've paid off about £16.5 billion
941
00:53:05,583 --> 00:53:10,333
to compensate people
for the abolition of slavery.
942
00:53:35,041 --> 00:53:35,958
(sombre music)
943
00:53:36,041 --> 00:53:38,083
Slavery is a practice of empire.
944
00:53:38,583 --> 00:53:41,708
This city benefited through violence,
945
00:53:41,708 --> 00:53:45,583
exploitation, particularly to people
who were racialised.
946
00:53:46,958 --> 00:53:50,666
Many of the systems that we see replicated
over and over again
947
00:53:50,708 --> 00:53:56,291
were developed to divide us through
wealth, race, gender and class.
948
00:53:57,958 --> 00:54:00,458
Enslavers made wealth very, very quickly.
949
00:54:00,791 --> 00:54:05,208
Being able to show that off is building
these magnificent buildings,
950
00:54:05,208 --> 00:54:06,833
making their money visible.
951
00:54:07,333 --> 00:54:10,958
The rage around that...
of course, people are angry.
952
00:54:11,083 --> 00:54:14,958
Pushed to the margins,
witnessing injustice,
953
00:54:15,041 --> 00:54:17,291
turning that into something positive
954
00:54:17,333 --> 00:54:19,041
we can achieve through protest.
955
00:54:21,208 --> 00:54:23,416
Glasgow is a city of paradox.
956
00:54:23,583 --> 00:54:26,708
We like to think of ourselves as a city
that's anti-racist,
957
00:54:26,791 --> 00:54:29,291
that's radical,
that is willing to stand up
958
00:54:29,333 --> 00:54:31,083
and protest for people's rights.
959
00:54:31,291 --> 00:54:35,708
But on the other hand,
we're also a city that was built off
960
00:54:35,708 --> 00:54:39,458
the back of enslaved
and chatteled African people.
961
00:54:42,791 --> 00:54:45,583
My grandmother,
she was probably one of the few women
962
00:54:45,666 --> 00:54:50,458
who was in George Square in Glasgow
on strike in 1919 when the police rioted.
963
00:54:50,833 --> 00:54:54,416
And in running away she lost her shoes
and she used to tell us
964
00:54:54,458 --> 00:54:57,083
she was more worried about going home
to her mother in Ibrox
965
00:54:57,083 --> 00:55:00,958
to say she'd lost her shoes
than she was of the police.
966
00:55:01,958 --> 00:55:05,958
My grandmother was a suffragist
and anti-war.
967
00:55:06,291 --> 00:55:09,083
She was very disappointed
at the start of the war
968
00:55:09,166 --> 00:55:11,833
that the suffragettes as they were then
969
00:55:11,833 --> 00:55:15,083
had actually called off
the actions demanding the vote,
970
00:55:15,458 --> 00:55:19,291
part of a group of women
who probably invested too much in it
971
00:55:19,333 --> 00:55:22,166
because they actually thought
it would bring about change.
972
00:55:34,208 --> 00:55:38,708
There are those in society that try
to diminish
973
00:55:38,791 --> 00:55:42,333
our own ability and our own intelligence,
974
00:55:42,333 --> 00:55:46,708
who try and inculcate into us
almost from childhood
975
00:55:46,708 --> 00:55:50,708
that we're here to be ruled
and somebody else is here to rule us.
976
00:55:58,333 --> 00:56:02,083
Jimmy's speeches,
they gave the shipyards an identity
977
00:56:03,291 --> 00:56:05,916
and they were key to the success
of the whole thing.
978
00:56:06,708 --> 00:56:08,708
(applause)
979
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:23,791
Nelson Mandela: It is a special privilege
to be a guest of this great city, Glasgow.
980
00:56:25,708 --> 00:56:29,583
It will always enjoy a distinguished place
981
00:56:30,791 --> 00:56:35,583
in the records of the international
campaign against apartheid.
982
00:56:36,208 --> 00:56:41,416
The people of Glasgow in 1981
were the first in the world
983
00:56:41,541 --> 00:56:45,208
to confer on me the freedom of the city.
984
00:56:45,791 --> 00:56:51,333
We respect, admire, and above all,
love you all.
985
00:56:51,333 --> 00:56:52,333
Thank you.
986
00:56:53,166 --> 00:56:55,166
(cheering)
987
00:56:59,458 --> 00:57:01,833
Nelson Mandela Place
used to be St George's Place.
988
00:57:01,833 --> 00:57:03,958
They changed the name
of that particular street
989
00:57:03,958 --> 00:57:05,583
as opposed to any other street in Glasgow
990
00:57:05,666 --> 00:57:08,791
because it was the location
of the South African consulate
991
00:57:08,833 --> 00:57:12,458
and it meant that the consulate
had to receive mail
992
00:57:12,458 --> 00:57:15,333
with the name of their most notorious
political prisoner on it.
993
00:57:15,416 --> 00:57:22,208
The most important thing that has emerged
for all men and women of good will
994
00:57:22,291 --> 00:57:27,458
who regard that the whole world
is the theatre of their efforts,
995
00:57:28,166 --> 00:57:30,708
you are part of that generation.
996
00:57:30,791 --> 00:57:32,791
(applause)
997
00:57:33,416 --> 00:57:37,583
In a way, Kenmure Street brought like
a lot of memories back.
998
00:57:38,083 --> 00:57:42,416
You know, when we were young,
the same thing happened.
999
00:57:44,208 --> 00:57:46,083
- (on phone) Hello.
- Hi, Agnesa.
1000
00:57:46,166 --> 00:57:48,708
Can you tell me exactly what happened
on Sunday morning?
1001
00:57:48,833 --> 00:57:50,458
They came inside the room,
I was sleeping.
1002
00:57:50,458 --> 00:57:52,708
When I heard immigration, I screamed.
1003
00:57:54,458 --> 00:57:55,666
(dial tone)
Hello?
1004
00:57:55,916 --> 00:57:59,583
One of our friends was detained
to be deported.
1005
00:57:59,666 --> 00:58:04,041
We started a petition for Agnesa's family
and hundreds of people signed it.
1006
00:58:04,208 --> 00:58:07,333
I'm afraid, they come to our door
in the middle of night
1007
00:58:07,416 --> 00:58:09,833
and they take us away like Agnesa.
1008
00:58:10,333 --> 00:58:14,333
That's where all the Scotland people
have seen us, so it's good.
1009
00:58:15,083 --> 00:58:16,958
(on TV) Agnesa was one of my best friends.
1010
00:58:16,958 --> 00:58:20,583
I knew her for like about three years
and I was very upset about what happened.
1011
00:58:21,083 --> 00:58:25,833
Seven girls saved their friend Agnesa
1012
00:58:25,833 --> 00:58:29,791
and we managed to end child detention
in the UK.
1013
00:58:29,833 --> 00:58:31,833
(celebrating)
1014
00:58:35,416 --> 00:58:37,416
Ground! (cheering)
1015
00:58:37,916 --> 00:58:41,458
And it's been added
into the education curriculum.
1016
00:58:42,416 --> 00:58:45,333
Children can learn
about the Glasgow Girls' Campaign
1017
00:58:45,416 --> 00:58:48,708
and what it means to be a refugee
and asylum seeker.
1018
00:58:50,583 --> 00:58:55,333
Half a mile away, the Govanhill Baths
was the longest sit-in protest
1019
00:58:55,416 --> 00:58:56,833
in British history.
1020
00:58:56,833 --> 00:59:01,083
The council were determined
they were closing our swimming pool,
1021
00:59:01,333 --> 00:59:03,458
which was in the street
I lived in at the time.
1022
00:59:04,041 --> 00:59:06,833
And the community were equally determined
that they weren't.
1023
00:59:06,958 --> 00:59:09,583
I was tiny
when they shut the Govanhill Baths.
1024
00:59:09,583 --> 00:59:12,333
I was four and I lived on Calder Street.
1025
00:59:12,333 --> 00:59:16,708
Eventually, a little group of people went
for a swim one Wednesday night
1026
00:59:16,708 --> 00:59:19,833
and when they came out, they got dressed
and then chained themselves
1027
00:59:19,916 --> 00:59:22,458
to various parts of the building
and refused to leave.
1028
00:59:22,458 --> 00:59:28,458
We occupied it from that night in March
until the 7th of August.
1029
00:59:28,458 --> 00:59:31,208
Perhaps now I would go,
'How could you possibly prevent
1030
00:59:31,291 --> 00:59:33,791
the police entering a building
just by standing there?'
1031
00:59:34,083 --> 00:59:36,166
But at the time,
we just felt anything was possible
1032
00:59:36,208 --> 00:59:38,458
and within that campaign,
anything was possible.
1033
00:59:38,791 --> 00:59:42,333
I saw people hold police back by just
drawing a chalk line on the ground
1034
00:59:42,333 --> 00:59:43,958
and saying: 'There and no further.'
1035
00:59:44,458 --> 00:59:45,916
And they didn't cross the chalk line
1036
00:59:45,958 --> 00:59:47,791
and we were just thinking,
'That's bizarre.'
1037
00:59:47,833 --> 00:59:53,333
It was vibrant, there was a clown
and a unicycle, juggling and music
1038
00:59:54,708 --> 00:59:58,916
and then there was the absolute
attack on people by the police,
1039
00:59:58,958 --> 01:00:00,958
the kettling,
getting charged by police horses,
1040
01:00:00,958 --> 01:00:02,833
folk getting wrestled to the ground.
1041
01:00:02,916 --> 01:00:04,041
(tense music)
1042
01:00:04,583 --> 01:00:06,083
(alarm blaring)
1043
01:00:06,291 --> 01:00:07,833
(chanting)
1044
01:00:11,458 --> 01:00:16,416
But it was that sense of almost being like
a community under occupation, you know?
1045
01:00:16,541 --> 01:00:19,333
Like, it was like,
'No, we fucking live here.'
1046
01:00:19,416 --> 01:00:20,666
Do you know what I mean?
1047
01:00:20,708 --> 01:00:24,083
I think with Govanhill and Pollokshields,
they're very distinct communities
1048
01:00:24,541 --> 01:00:28,291
but they're also part of the one broader
community when it comes to resistance.
1049
01:00:28,333 --> 01:00:30,291
And then of course,
because of all the Islamophobia,
1050
01:00:30,333 --> 01:00:32,916
we had a lot of far-right activity
in the area as well.
1051
01:00:32,958 --> 01:00:35,041
And lots of people
from the Baths campaign,
1052
01:00:35,083 --> 01:00:38,791
occupying streets to prevent
the far-right marching towards us.
1053
01:00:38,833 --> 01:00:41,458
At times, standing basically toe-to-toe
with them
1054
01:00:41,458 --> 01:00:43,791
to prevent them entering Pollokshields.
1055
01:00:45,541 --> 01:00:48,333
The day they came to remove us
from Govanhill Baths,
1056
01:00:48,416 --> 01:00:50,958
they came with 300 police officers
and horses
1057
01:00:51,041 --> 01:00:52,958
and a helicopter and riot police.
1058
01:00:53,416 --> 01:00:57,083
So of course,
that can make people fearful.
1059
01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:58,583
(helicopter whirring)
1060
01:01:08,583 --> 01:01:13,333
Being a child of a migrant family...
I'm second generation Pakistani.
1061
01:01:13,708 --> 01:01:18,541
These things resonate with me in a way
maybe it doesn't with other people
1062
01:01:18,583 --> 01:01:21,958
because it's fragile, our space here.
1063
01:01:22,208 --> 01:01:25,208
We've had these conversations
with our parents
1064
01:01:25,291 --> 01:01:27,166
about our place in this country
1065
01:01:27,583 --> 01:01:31,583
and there was always a little fear
in our parents' hearts
1066
01:01:31,583 --> 01:01:35,833
that whatever's happening,
there'll be a time when we're not welcome.
1067
01:01:36,291 --> 01:01:39,833
It was a shock to my system
that this happened outside my door.
1068
01:01:40,541 --> 01:01:43,583
But as I spoke to some of my neighbours,
and people I've got to know
1069
01:01:43,583 --> 01:01:46,583
in the community,
particularly who are of Pakistani origin,
1070
01:01:46,666 --> 01:01:50,458
you realise that that is just
their life experience.
1071
01:01:51,041 --> 01:01:54,083
They have to deal with this throughout
their life.
1072
01:01:54,083 --> 01:01:56,083
(distant chanting)
1073
01:01:59,208 --> 01:02:00,583
(chatter)
1074
01:02:01,958 --> 01:02:05,583
Beside the mosque on the side,
there's around 50 police officers
1075
01:02:05,583 --> 01:02:12,208
just on standby, numerous vans
and really it was, I would say,
1076
01:02:12,291 --> 01:02:15,041
an overreaction to the situation.
1077
01:02:15,083 --> 01:02:17,208
And I lived through Pollokshields
through the 90s,
1078
01:02:17,208 --> 01:02:19,916
there was a lot of race riots
and a lot of fighting.
1079
01:02:20,708 --> 01:02:23,791
But this was the first time
I felt quite vulnerable
1080
01:02:23,833 --> 01:02:26,083
just because my children were there
and my daughter,
1081
01:02:26,166 --> 01:02:27,708
my younger daughter Zainab,
she was asking me:
1082
01:02:27,791 --> 01:02:29,833
'Baba, why is there so much police
outside the mosque?'
1083
01:02:29,833 --> 01:02:31,416
'What is happening?'
And it's Eid,
1084
01:02:31,458 --> 01:02:33,333
and they've got the pretty dresses on
1085
01:02:33,333 --> 01:02:35,083
and they don't really know
what's happening.
1086
01:02:35,083 --> 01:02:37,166
(rhythmic clapping)
1087
01:02:37,291 --> 01:02:39,291
Refugees are welcome here!
1088
01:02:40,958 --> 01:02:42,791
Refugees are welcome here!
1089
01:02:44,583 --> 01:02:46,416
Refugees are welcome here!
1090
01:02:46,458 --> 01:02:48,458
(chanting continues)
1091
01:02:53,541 --> 01:02:55,541
(whistle blowing, commotion)
1092
01:02:57,708 --> 01:02:59,708
(booing, jeering)
1093
01:03:04,666 --> 01:03:10,583
They had a line of police that linked arms
and just tried to charge.
1094
01:03:10,666 --> 01:03:12,666
(choral music)
1095
01:03:13,208 --> 01:03:14,458
Oh!
1096
01:03:19,708 --> 01:03:21,708
(chanting)
1097
01:03:40,833 --> 01:03:42,833
(music intensifies)
1098
01:04:56,833 --> 01:04:58,208
(screaming)
1099
01:04:58,416 --> 01:04:59,333
Stop!
1100
01:04:59,541 --> 01:05:01,541
(arguing, commotion)
1101
01:05:04,083 --> 01:05:07,041
Scum! Scum! Scum! Scum!
1102
01:05:07,083 --> 01:05:09,083
(chanting continues)
1103
01:05:16,958 --> 01:05:18,958
(music rises)
1104
01:05:40,166 --> 01:05:41,791
We're trying to get them out the of van.
1105
01:05:41,833 --> 01:05:43,583
We're all on the same boat here, mate.
1106
01:05:43,666 --> 01:05:45,166
If you want an ambulance through,
fair enough.
1107
01:05:45,208 --> 01:05:48,583
If youse come in shoving people when
there's a big crowd, that causes stuff.
1108
01:05:48,708 --> 01:05:51,208
If youse come up and speak to people
properly, it's fine.
1109
01:05:51,416 --> 01:05:54,833
But if youse come in heavy-handed,
people will stand their ground.
1110
01:05:54,833 --> 01:05:57,458
Protestor: Put the paramedic through.
We'll let him through, no bother, mate.
1111
01:05:57,708 --> 01:05:58,708
Seriously.
1112
01:05:58,791 --> 01:06:01,083
I will personally let the paramedic
through, send them through.
1113
01:06:01,166 --> 01:06:03,583
They then later claimed that this was them
trying to get the paramedic
1114
01:06:03,666 --> 01:06:05,583
to the guy under the van,
1115
01:06:05,666 --> 01:06:09,541
but of course we just let the paramedic
through because why would you not do that?
1116
01:06:11,833 --> 01:06:13,833
(car horns blaring)
1117
01:06:14,333 --> 01:06:16,583
Hey there, buddy, you can film
but can you just stand back
1118
01:06:16,666 --> 01:06:18,666
while we're discussing
with the paramedics.
1119
01:06:18,708 --> 01:06:20,708
Alright, it's to do with
personal information.
1120
01:06:24,083 --> 01:06:26,166
You guys still not sent
the paramedic through?
1121
01:06:27,708 --> 01:06:31,583
Cops go home! Cops go home! Cops go home!
1122
01:06:31,708 --> 01:06:33,708
(chanting continues)
1123
01:06:38,916 --> 01:06:43,916
The police, they are doing their work
but you shouldn't be here.
1124
01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:47,666
I respect your daily job
but you shouldn't be here.
1125
01:06:47,708 --> 01:06:51,833
In 2005 I campaigned with my friends
to stop
1126
01:06:51,833 --> 01:06:55,041
the inhumane detention and dawn raids.
1127
01:06:55,083 --> 01:06:59,083
We see this again happening
in our great city, Glasgow.
1128
01:06:59,208 --> 01:07:04,458
Shame on the police being here
protecting the immigration and the UK.
1129
01:07:04,541 --> 01:07:06,541
(cheering, applause)
1130
01:07:06,708 --> 01:07:07,958
Shame on you!
1131
01:07:08,041 --> 01:07:10,041
Crowd: Shame on you!
1132
01:07:12,041 --> 01:07:17,458
(in Punjabi) I was watching. I saw the
police make a chain and charge the van.
1133
01:07:18,958 --> 01:07:20,583
I've spent half my life here.
1134
01:07:21,583 --> 01:07:23,541
This is where our family has been made.
1135
01:07:23,583 --> 01:07:26,833
I came here in my youth
and I've made my friends here.
1136
01:07:27,583 --> 01:07:31,208
I wanted to stay here,
that's why we were fighting the case.
1137
01:07:32,541 --> 01:07:34,791
I did have a lawyer,
my case was ongoing.
1138
01:07:36,583 --> 01:07:38,583
(chanting)
1139
01:07:47,083 --> 01:07:48,916
And then the phone calls start to come in.
1140
01:07:48,958 --> 01:07:51,583
One of the main individuals,
Mohammad Asif...
1141
01:07:51,666 --> 01:07:53,916
I said, 'You must come',
and he said he's with children
1142
01:07:53,958 --> 01:07:57,708
and I say, 'No, you must come, Aamer.
This is a very difficult day. You must...'
1143
01:07:58,083 --> 01:07:59,791
At that point, I thought I need to go.
1144
01:08:01,541 --> 01:08:05,541
I made several calls trying to find out
from people in the government
1145
01:08:05,583 --> 01:08:08,458
what they're saying - the Scottish
government - what the position is.
1146
01:08:08,458 --> 01:08:10,458
I've seen texts and tweets coming out
1147
01:08:10,458 --> 01:08:13,458
from the Scottish government
at the time which were supportive.
1148
01:08:14,208 --> 01:08:18,333
And I was told by a senior police officer
that it was a volatile situation
1149
01:08:19,458 --> 01:08:22,416
and they would welcome some intervention.
1150
01:08:22,958 --> 01:08:25,291
There was definitely
some sort of power dynamics.
1151
01:08:25,416 --> 01:08:26,916
It's interesting, of course,
because obviously,
1152
01:08:26,958 --> 01:08:29,041
Immigration is reserved to Westminster,
1153
01:08:29,083 --> 01:08:31,958
so the Home Office Immigration Enforcement
is Westminster
1154
01:08:32,041 --> 01:08:33,958
but Police Scotland is reserved.
1155
01:08:34,208 --> 01:08:36,333
(through megaphone)
This is wonderful, trust me.
1156
01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:39,833
You are an example for the rest
of the United Kingdom
1157
01:08:39,833 --> 01:08:41,583
or whatever kingdom you call it.
1158
01:08:41,833 --> 01:08:43,833
(laughter)
1159
01:08:44,041 --> 01:08:49,166
I hope that Scotland parts company
with an imperialist state soon.
1160
01:08:49,208 --> 01:08:51,208
(cheering, applause)
1161
01:08:54,333 --> 01:08:56,916
I parked some distance
because the roads are blocked up.
1162
01:08:56,958 --> 01:08:58,708
I went up to one of the junior officers
1163
01:08:58,708 --> 01:09:02,458
and I said, 'Look can you get ahold
of senior officers in command
1164
01:09:02,541 --> 01:09:04,958
and can you tell that I'm here,
I'd like to speak to them.'
1165
01:09:05,041 --> 01:09:08,083
I don't know these guys,
you don't know these guys.
1166
01:09:08,166 --> 01:09:13,291
We're here...anyway I'm going to cut my
speech, I have my very good friend here.
1167
01:09:13,333 --> 01:09:15,583
Police described him some years ago that,
1168
01:09:15,583 --> 01:09:19,583
"You are a black man with a big mouth
and your big mouth needs to be shut!"
1169
01:09:19,708 --> 01:09:23,666
So his mouth is getting wider and bigger
and he's here.
1170
01:09:24,416 --> 01:09:26,708
My very good friend Aamer Anwar.
1171
01:09:26,791 --> 01:09:28,166
(cheering)
1172
01:09:34,291 --> 01:09:37,833
Eid Mubarak to everybody in our community.
1173
01:09:39,291 --> 01:09:41,041
The first thing I want to say is this:
1174
01:09:41,666 --> 01:09:46,208
What that Immigration Enforcement van did,
the Home Office did,
1175
01:09:46,291 --> 01:09:51,666
by picking today of all days - one of the
holiest days in the Muslim calendar -
1176
01:09:51,708 --> 01:09:52,958
was deliberate.
1177
01:09:53,041 --> 01:09:54,541
It was provocative
1178
01:09:54,583 --> 01:09:56,458
and it was intended to incite this.
1179
01:09:56,541 --> 01:10:01,333
What the hell did they think they were
doing by bringing an enforcement van
1180
01:10:01,333 --> 01:10:03,583
right into the heart of Pollokshields?
1181
01:10:03,583 --> 01:10:05,583
(cheering, applause)
1182
01:10:12,708 --> 01:10:16,208
We should be proud of the fact
that these pictures
1183
01:10:16,291 --> 01:10:18,708
are going out right across this country.
1184
01:10:19,208 --> 01:10:21,208
That every single politician,
1185
01:10:21,208 --> 01:10:25,541
including Nicola Sturgeon,
and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice
1186
01:10:25,583 --> 01:10:27,458
have tried to pick up the phone
1187
01:10:27,458 --> 01:10:30,458
to the Home Secretary,
to the Home Office
1188
01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:34,916
For some reason, that Priti Patel
and her racist government
1189
01:10:34,958 --> 01:10:36,708
are not answering the telephone.
1190
01:10:37,291 --> 01:10:38,458
(jeering)
1191
01:10:38,458 --> 01:10:42,791
There is only one way
that this is going to end today
1192
01:10:42,833 --> 01:10:45,833
and it is simple and the message is clear
1193
01:10:45,916 --> 01:10:50,708
to Police Scotland, to the chief
constable, to the area commander
1194
01:10:51,083 --> 01:10:54,708
that people want this
to be resolved peacefully.
1195
01:10:54,708 --> 01:10:57,541
They want to go home to their families
1196
01:10:57,583 --> 01:11:00,708
but there's only one way
this is going to end:
1197
01:11:00,958 --> 01:11:06,291
that the two men in that van
must be released without condition!
1198
01:11:06,333 --> 01:11:08,333
(cheering, applause)
1199
01:11:12,208 --> 01:11:15,458
In order that the Home Office learns...
1200
01:11:15,541 --> 01:11:19,333
In order to de-escalate...
1201
01:11:19,333 --> 01:11:23,791
Crowd: Let them go! Let them go!
Let them go!
1202
01:11:23,833 --> 01:11:25,833
(chanting continues)
1203
01:11:29,083 --> 01:11:33,458
If the Home Office wishes to de-escalate
the situation,
1204
01:11:33,541 --> 01:11:36,083
there is only one way they can do this:
1205
01:11:36,083 --> 01:11:39,083
Open the van doors. Let those men go.
1206
01:11:39,083 --> 01:11:41,958
So our community can go home
to our families!
1207
01:11:42,041 --> 01:11:43,666
(cheering, applause)
1208
01:11:45,958 --> 01:11:49,958
And there is a simple message
to Police Scotland today:
1209
01:11:50,041 --> 01:11:53,541
What exactly do you call
community policing?
1210
01:11:54,333 --> 01:11:57,833
What do you call policing by consent?
1211
01:11:58,291 --> 01:12:01,208
We take no pleasure in having to do this
1212
01:12:01,458 --> 01:12:06,458
but we will not let our neighbours
be dragged out of their houses
1213
01:12:06,458 --> 01:12:07,583
off their streets,
1214
01:12:07,583 --> 01:12:09,208
or any more dawn raids.
1215
01:12:09,333 --> 01:12:12,083
We have the Glasgow Girls
amongst our midst!
1216
01:12:12,458 --> 01:12:16,958
We showed the way forward to the people
of Scotland and to the United Kingdom
1217
01:12:17,041 --> 01:12:19,083
And we will do so again
1218
01:12:19,083 --> 01:12:22,958
as this racist government
ratchets it up trying to divide us.
1219
01:12:23,041 --> 01:12:24,583
They will not divide us!
1220
01:12:24,666 --> 01:12:27,166
Black and white, unite and fight!
1221
01:12:27,208 --> 01:12:29,208
(cheering, applause)
1222
01:12:37,416 --> 01:12:38,916
Thank you, Aamer!
1223
01:12:41,916 --> 01:12:42,833
Thank you, Aamer.
1224
01:12:42,833 --> 01:12:44,333
He's negotiating with the police
1225
01:12:44,416 --> 01:12:47,708
because he knows most of the high-ranking
officers in Scotland.
1226
01:12:48,708 --> 01:12:50,708
Aamer: I went into
the portable control room.
1227
01:12:51,083 --> 01:12:52,583
They'd already been informed
I was coming down
1228
01:12:52,666 --> 01:12:55,666
and I said the only way I see it,
you have two options.
1229
01:12:55,708 --> 01:12:58,041
I said, 'Well, Plan A is that you
1230
01:12:58,083 --> 01:13:00,166
obviously want this
to come off peacefully.
1231
01:13:00,208 --> 01:13:02,708
These two men,
release the men into my custody.'
1232
01:13:03,333 --> 01:13:05,041
So I presented that as an option.
1233
01:13:07,083 --> 01:13:10,666
I was told that's not possible
it's a Home Office... thing.
1234
01:13:10,708 --> 01:13:12,791
Then I said,
'Well you're Police Scotland.
1235
01:13:12,833 --> 01:13:16,041
You're not the Metropolitan Police.
You don't work for the Home Secretary.'
1236
01:13:16,208 --> 01:13:18,041
But I understood the mechanics of it.
1237
01:13:18,208 --> 01:13:20,583
The safety of the men's a priority,
the safety of the crowd,
1238
01:13:20,666 --> 01:13:21,958
the people of Pollokshields
1239
01:13:21,958 --> 01:13:23,166
but the community is filling up.
1240
01:13:23,208 --> 01:13:26,333
People will be coming back from colleges,
from school...
1241
01:13:26,416 --> 01:13:28,083
Those streets are going to be bursting.
1242
01:13:28,166 --> 01:13:30,916
You already got about a thousand,
to a thousand and a half people.
1243
01:13:30,958 --> 01:13:33,958
When we get to about 5 o'clock,
you're talking about 4,000-5,000 people,
1244
01:13:34,041 --> 01:13:34,958
maybe more.
1245
01:13:35,041 --> 01:13:36,333
You're not going to be able to stop them.
1246
01:13:36,333 --> 01:13:39,041
So Plan B was...
I think the words I used was,
1247
01:13:39,083 --> 01:13:42,583
'You have 140 officers.
You seem to have over 40 riot vans.
1248
01:13:42,666 --> 01:13:47,208
You got shields, you got batons, send them
in. Use your batons. Use your violence.
1249
01:13:47,208 --> 01:13:51,416
Smash up the crowd.
Get the the detainees out of there.
1250
01:13:51,458 --> 01:13:55,666
But you will be picking up the pieces
for the next 20, 30 years.'
1251
01:13:57,333 --> 01:13:59,208
We've not had a Bradford in Scotland.
1252
01:13:59,833 --> 01:14:01,833
We've not had the Toxteth riots,
which is where I grew up.
1253
01:14:01,833 --> 01:14:03,666
We've not had a Brixton.
1254
01:14:03,708 --> 01:14:07,333
But that's what you will trigger,
if you go in.
1255
01:14:07,416 --> 01:14:09,041
It'll be a disaster for Scotland
1256
01:14:09,083 --> 01:14:11,583
if that's the way you chose
to deal with this.
1257
01:14:11,708 --> 01:14:13,708
(ambient music)
1258
01:14:16,333 --> 01:14:18,458
So, of course, the police then said to me:
1259
01:14:18,458 --> 01:14:20,333
'Okay we're going to need to speak
to people.'
1260
01:14:20,333 --> 01:14:21,583
I was aware of the fact
1261
01:14:21,666 --> 01:14:23,583
that the Home Office
wasn't communicating with them,
1262
01:14:23,666 --> 01:14:24,708
that people weren't picking up phones.
1263
01:14:24,708 --> 01:14:28,833
I knew from Humza Yousaf,
the Scottish Justice Minister,
1264
01:14:28,916 --> 01:14:31,208
that London weren't discussing anything
with anyone.
1265
01:14:31,333 --> 01:14:33,333
(indistinct speech over megaphone)
1266
01:14:35,666 --> 01:14:39,416
Van Man: The passage of time under there
was a little hazy.
1267
01:14:39,791 --> 01:14:41,458
Nurse: It'd been 8 hours.
1268
01:14:42,208 --> 01:14:46,416
Holding on to the axle gave me a thing
to focus on that was, like...
1269
01:14:46,458 --> 01:14:48,041
OK, this is my job.
1270
01:14:51,166 --> 01:14:55,041
We were not there to give up; to just go
for one hour, two hours and leave.
1271
01:14:55,083 --> 01:14:59,166
If it's going to take the whole night,
we are going to stay here the whole night.
1272
01:14:59,583 --> 01:15:03,291
The crowd had grown.
There was nearly 2,000 of us.
1273
01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:06,458
There was just a feeling
of strength and unity.
1274
01:15:06,541 --> 01:15:09,958
We've all decided, if we're all going to
get arrested, we're going to get arrested.
1275
01:15:09,958 --> 01:15:12,166
If we're all going to make a stand,
we're going to make a stand.
1276
01:15:12,208 --> 01:15:14,333
This is where we're going to be.
1277
01:15:14,333 --> 01:15:16,333
(chanting)
1278
01:15:24,416 --> 01:15:25,958
I said to my husband,
1279
01:15:26,041 --> 01:15:27,791
'This is going to turn nasty
1280
01:15:27,833 --> 01:15:29,833
and I'm frightened for the people
down there',
1281
01:15:29,916 --> 01:15:32,583
including our daughter and our friends.
1282
01:15:32,666 --> 01:15:36,666
Let them go! Let them go!
Let them go! Let them go!
1283
01:15:36,833 --> 01:15:39,666
They have sent millions of pounds
worth of resources
1284
01:15:39,708 --> 01:15:41,333
in to stop us preventing this.
1285
01:15:42,583 --> 01:15:44,041
You can have quite a bleak outlook
1286
01:15:44,083 --> 01:15:48,708
and it can be difficult to appreciate
the importance of an act like that.
1287
01:15:48,958 --> 01:15:51,583
The way the UK government's decided
it wants to interact
1288
01:15:51,583 --> 01:15:53,583
with the rest of the world,
and the way that it wants to treat people
1289
01:15:53,666 --> 01:15:55,458
that weren't born here, it's been...
1290
01:15:55,583 --> 01:15:56,916
absolutely horrible.
1291
01:15:57,208 --> 01:16:01,583
Drawing a line like that,
I think, that has implications.
1292
01:16:01,583 --> 01:16:04,958
It changes their sense
of what they can get away with
1293
01:16:05,041 --> 01:16:08,833
and it changes our sense
of what we can achieve.
1294
01:16:08,833 --> 01:16:12,958
Let them go! Let them go!
Let them go! Let them go!
1295
01:16:13,041 --> 01:16:14,833
Let them go! Let them go!
1296
01:16:14,958 --> 01:16:18,583
The privilege that I have is only
because I was born in this country
1297
01:16:18,583 --> 01:16:20,708
but even that could be stripped away now.
1298
01:16:21,041 --> 01:16:22,583
Things are changing fast.
1299
01:16:22,583 --> 01:16:26,333
Let them go! Let them go!
Let them go! Let them go!
1300
01:16:27,083 --> 01:16:29,583
I firmly took that space
and I held that space.
1301
01:16:29,583 --> 01:16:34,208
That moment in time, whatever was
happening, I was present, I was there,
1302
01:16:35,041 --> 01:16:36,083
and I wasn't going to budge.
1303
01:16:36,166 --> 01:16:38,166
(chanting and chatter)
1304
01:16:45,083 --> 01:16:46,458
(in Punjabi) I was nervous.
1305
01:16:46,958 --> 01:16:48,458
I didn't want to leave.
1306
01:16:48,791 --> 01:16:50,291
- People!
- People!
1307
01:16:50,333 --> 01:16:52,083
- People!
- People!
1308
01:16:52,166 --> 01:16:53,958
- Power!
- Power!
1309
01:16:54,041 --> 01:16:56,166
- People!
- People!
1310
01:16:56,208 --> 01:16:58,208
(cheering, chanting)
1311
01:17:02,708 --> 01:17:04,708
(siren blaring)
1312
01:17:08,333 --> 01:17:10,833
Everything happened extremely quick.
1313
01:17:10,833 --> 01:17:13,958
Fatima from Govanhill Baths
gave me her phone,
1314
01:17:13,958 --> 01:17:15,458
and she said, 'Pinar, read this out!'
1315
01:17:15,541 --> 01:17:19,708
I have a message from Police Scotland.
Please listen!
1316
01:17:20,208 --> 01:17:25,916
...having taken the well-being of all
people involved in the detention...
1317
01:17:25,958 --> 01:17:31,708
and subsequent protest on Kenmure Street,
Pollokshields today.
1318
01:17:31,708 --> 01:17:35,458
Chief Mark Sutherland has,
1319
01:17:35,458 --> 01:17:40,333
following a suitable risk assessment,
taken the operational decision
1320
01:17:40,416 --> 01:17:41,833
to release the men!
1321
01:17:41,916 --> 01:17:43,916
(rapturous cheering)
1322
01:18:09,166 --> 01:18:11,208
Cameraperson: They're letting them out!?
1323
01:18:11,208 --> 01:18:12,833
(cheering and celebration continues)
1324
01:18:17,208 --> 01:18:20,208
(through megaphone) We should make a path
for the detainees.
1325
01:18:20,291 --> 01:18:23,958
So they can go and walk
to their home in dignity.
1326
01:18:24,041 --> 01:18:26,041
With their heads held high.
1327
01:18:26,291 --> 01:18:27,708
And most importantly,
1328
01:18:27,791 --> 01:18:33,041
this teaches the lesson to the rest
of the United Kingdom
1329
01:18:33,083 --> 01:18:35,791
that the people of Scotland
should not be messed with.
1330
01:18:36,083 --> 01:18:38,083
(cheering, applause)
1331
01:18:40,541 --> 01:18:43,708
The people of Glasgow
should not be messed with.
1332
01:18:49,833 --> 01:18:52,791
Right, can I just say...
we've negotiated with the police.
1333
01:18:52,833 --> 01:18:54,208
Negotiations have come off.
1334
01:18:54,291 --> 01:18:58,833
We have an agreement, it is in writing,
these men will be released safely.
1335
01:18:59,041 --> 01:19:02,958
They will not be arrested, there will be
no enforcement action against them,
1336
01:19:02,958 --> 01:19:05,166
and I have an agreement
that they will then...
1337
01:19:05,208 --> 01:19:10,083
The police will form a cordon around
the van with myself and the two men.
1338
01:19:10,208 --> 01:19:13,833
And then we will be walked to the mosque
where they will be released.
1339
01:19:14,208 --> 01:19:18,958
I would ask everyone to disperse
so that the vans, the horses,
1340
01:19:18,958 --> 01:19:22,333
the police officers
can disperse from this community.
1341
01:19:22,541 --> 01:19:28,166
Everyone in this community should be
extremely proud of what we have achieved.
1342
01:19:28,208 --> 01:19:30,208
(cheering, applause)
1343
01:19:50,916 --> 01:19:53,208
One last message,
I am going to go to the van
1344
01:19:53,291 --> 01:19:55,083
when I get told to go to the van,
1345
01:19:55,083 --> 01:19:58,208
the police will need you to move back.
1346
01:19:58,208 --> 01:20:01,458
Right, move, I will need you to move back
1347
01:20:01,541 --> 01:20:04,333
in order that we can get the two men out.
1348
01:20:04,416 --> 01:20:06,666
And when they say move back,
1349
01:20:06,708 --> 01:20:09,083
I don't want anyone
to try and do any antics.
1350
01:20:09,166 --> 01:20:12,541
We won this today
but we have got big battles ahead,
1351
01:20:12,583 --> 01:20:17,833
and also don't forget we have
the demonstration for Palestine on Sunday.
1352
01:20:17,916 --> 01:20:19,916
(chanting, cheering)
1353
01:20:25,083 --> 01:20:29,083
No justice, no peace!
No justice, no peace!
1354
01:20:29,208 --> 01:20:32,583
No justice, no peace!
No justice, no peace!
1355
01:20:32,958 --> 01:20:34,958
(chatter)
1356
01:20:40,833 --> 01:20:44,208
Some of the words that Aamer used,
I remembered,
1357
01:20:44,208 --> 01:20:47,333
about conducting ourselves peacefully,
1358
01:20:48,041 --> 01:20:52,791
not being intimidated,
the world is watching us.
1359
01:20:53,833 --> 01:20:57,833
There will be no vandalism,
there will be no bevvying
1360
01:20:59,708 --> 01:21:01,958
because the world is watching us.
1361
01:21:02,958 --> 01:21:06,083
I thought, 'My goodness, Dad.'
Of course, he would have loved this.
1362
01:21:06,208 --> 01:21:08,208
(cheering, applause)
1363
01:21:14,291 --> 01:21:15,416
(through megaphone) First of all,
1364
01:21:15,458 --> 01:21:19,583
What I want to do
is to thank every single one of you.
1365
01:21:20,083 --> 01:21:22,958
You've done an incredible thing today.
1366
01:21:23,041 --> 01:21:27,666
You've come out and stood up
against the hostile environment.
1367
01:21:28,083 --> 01:21:31,416
You have come out and stood up
against the Home Office.
1368
01:21:31,583 --> 01:21:36,166
I want to thank you from the bottom
of my heart for what you have done today.
1369
01:21:36,416 --> 01:21:39,458
We have done together an amazing thing.
1370
01:21:40,333 --> 01:21:41,291
Thank you.
1371
01:21:41,333 --> 01:21:43,333
(cheering, applause)
1372
01:21:55,333 --> 01:22:00,791
I am so proud of all of you,
I am so proud of Glasgow, I could cry...
1373
01:22:00,833 --> 01:22:03,041
Thank you all so very much.
1374
01:22:03,958 --> 01:22:05,958
(cheering)
(peaceful music)
1375
01:22:20,208 --> 01:22:22,083
I thought, it's just a ruse.
1376
01:22:22,083 --> 01:22:24,583
There's no chance
that that's going to happen.
1377
01:22:33,916 --> 01:22:38,333
You know it just takes one thing to happen
for chaos to unfold.
1378
01:22:42,333 --> 01:22:43,583
There's a lot of mistrust there.
1379
01:22:50,333 --> 01:22:54,208
Surely to God, they won't blow up
and turn on the crowd.
1380
01:22:56,958 --> 01:22:59,708
Please make some space
so we can have some...
1381
01:22:59,916 --> 01:23:01,833
Go back, please, go back down.
1382
01:23:01,833 --> 01:23:03,541
Go back please, yeah.
1383
01:23:03,958 --> 01:23:07,083
Can we have some space...
1384
01:23:19,416 --> 01:23:23,958
What we've done in Glasgow today
is going to change the narrative
1385
01:23:24,041 --> 01:23:27,291
and framing of asylum and immigration.
1386
01:23:27,333 --> 01:23:28,458
Thank you.
1387
01:23:28,458 --> 01:23:29,791
(cheering, applause)
1388
01:23:30,166 --> 01:23:32,166
(ambient music)
1389
01:23:38,916 --> 01:23:40,916
(chatter)
1390
01:24:03,958 --> 01:24:05,958
(cheering)
1391
01:24:07,041 --> 01:24:08,583
(laughter)
1392
01:24:12,083 --> 01:24:14,083
(cheering)
1393
01:24:30,333 --> 01:24:32,458
The family appreciates your support.
1394
01:24:32,541 --> 01:24:35,333
But this is the last few
very important moments.
1395
01:24:35,583 --> 01:24:40,583
When these two men are taken away,
everybody stay in their places, please.
1396
01:24:40,666 --> 01:24:42,541
Thank you for your support, thank you.
1397
01:24:43,208 --> 01:24:45,416
The female officer who was in charge,
she came to me:
1398
01:24:45,458 --> 01:24:47,166
'Mr Anwar, could you do us
one last favour?'
1399
01:24:47,958 --> 01:24:49,708
I was like, 'Yep, aye, what's that?'
1400
01:24:49,708 --> 01:24:52,541
She says, 'Van Man, the man underneath,
he's not moving.'
1401
01:24:53,541 --> 01:24:55,833
So I was like, right, OK, so,
I got on my knees.
1402
01:24:56,833 --> 01:25:01,333
A guy in a suit squats down underneath
the van and introduces himself.
1403
01:25:02,166 --> 01:25:06,666
'I'm not moving, I'm not moving...'
He says, 'I want guarantees, those men...'
1404
01:25:06,708 --> 01:25:08,416
I said: 'Look,
I'm giving you guarantees.'
1405
01:25:08,791 --> 01:25:12,916
'Those men will be released now
and they'll be free to go.
1406
01:25:13,958 --> 01:25:18,208
But they can't be released until you get
out from underneath the wheels of the van
1407
01:25:18,208 --> 01:25:19,916
because the van needs
to get out of our community.'
1408
01:25:19,958 --> 01:25:25,458
I was pretty sceptical about giving up
the only leverage that we had
1409
01:25:26,458 --> 01:25:28,541
on a good-faith basis but yeah...
1410
01:25:29,458 --> 01:25:31,541
this is Aamer, he's not a naive dude.
1411
01:25:31,583 --> 01:25:33,083
So I went, 'OK, sure, all right.'
1412
01:25:34,416 --> 01:25:35,333
And then he said,
1413
01:25:36,208 --> 01:25:38,083
'Do you want me to include
your release as part of that?'
1414
01:25:38,083 --> 01:25:39,416
And I remember
1415
01:25:39,458 --> 01:25:41,458
just laughing at the time
1416
01:25:43,041 --> 01:25:44,708
because I didn't realise
that was an option but...
1417
01:25:45,083 --> 01:25:45,958
sure!
1418
01:25:46,416 --> 01:25:49,416
So I had to get off my feet
and I go back to the police officer,
1419
01:25:50,833 --> 01:25:51,916
'That's fine, I'll get him to move
1420
01:25:51,958 --> 01:25:53,833
but could you just give me
one more guarantee?'
1421
01:25:54,833 --> 01:25:58,958
The notion of getting to walk
seemed ludicrous.
1422
01:25:59,416 --> 01:26:02,083
Let them go! Let them go!
1423
01:26:03,583 --> 01:26:06,416
Nurse: Eventually, Aamer said,
'Okay, you have to go now.'
1424
01:26:06,583 --> 01:26:09,458
I'm going to walk to the mosque,
but you have to move.
1425
01:26:10,333 --> 01:26:13,333
Nobody's going to get arrested,
go right now.
1426
01:26:14,708 --> 01:26:18,916
I was mostly worried about this throng
of cops surrounding the van
1427
01:26:19,083 --> 01:26:22,333
and I was worried about accidentally
tapping one of their boots with my elbow
1428
01:26:22,333 --> 01:26:24,458
and getting done for assault
on an officer.
1429
01:26:24,541 --> 01:26:26,541
(overlapping discussions)
1430
01:26:30,083 --> 01:26:32,291
I'd been hoping the guys
would get out first
1431
01:26:32,541 --> 01:26:35,583
partly because I wasn't entirely sure
I'd be able to crawl out
1432
01:26:36,166 --> 01:26:38,416
while I still had all that
extra weight on me.
1433
01:26:39,708 --> 01:26:41,708
(chanting)
1434
01:26:47,833 --> 01:26:49,833
(cheering)
1435
01:27:16,833 --> 01:27:19,833
I went straight through the crowds
and into the back streets.
1436
01:27:20,708 --> 01:27:25,583
Missed seeing them being released,
just put my hood up and left.
1437
01:27:37,666 --> 01:27:41,458
(in Punjabi) We felt it vibrate
underneath,
1438
01:27:41,458 --> 01:27:45,708
we could feel him moving out.
1439
01:27:46,083 --> 01:27:50,083
We could feel it in the van.
1440
01:27:50,083 --> 01:27:52,958
People have surrounded the van,
they're moving it.
1441
01:27:59,333 --> 01:28:04,208
It felt to me as if everyone
was connected with the van.
1442
01:28:15,708 --> 01:28:17,708
(rapturous cheering, applause)
1443
01:29:28,166 --> 01:29:29,916
The people united!
1444
01:29:29,958 --> 01:29:31,416
Shall never be defeated!
1445
01:29:31,458 --> 01:29:33,458
(chanting continues)
1446
01:29:45,958 --> 01:29:47,958
(cheering, applause)
1447
01:30:15,541 --> 01:30:17,833
(in Punjabi) When I was released,
I stepped out,
1448
01:30:17,833 --> 01:30:19,791
I looked up to check everything's fine,
1449
01:30:19,833 --> 01:30:21,958
that my dad is watching what's going on.
1450
01:30:22,541 --> 01:30:25,791
I felt so happy that all these people
1451
01:30:25,833 --> 01:30:29,333
have come together for us.
1452
01:30:30,583 --> 01:30:34,333
The people here won't stand for injustice.
1453
01:30:36,208 --> 01:30:39,416
They stand for each other,
not just for me, but for each other.
1454
01:30:40,416 --> 01:30:42,416
(drumming, cheering)
1455
01:30:48,708 --> 01:30:50,458
Refugees are welcome here!
1456
01:30:52,583 --> 01:30:54,458
Refugees are welcome here!
1457
01:30:55,208 --> 01:30:58,291
When Aamer passed,
with the huge crowd behind him,
1458
01:30:58,333 --> 01:31:00,458
he looked up and I looked down at him.
1459
01:31:00,583 --> 01:31:03,208
And I recognised the woman,
it was Eileen Reid,
1460
01:31:03,291 --> 01:31:05,083
the daughter of the great Jimmy Reid.
1461
01:31:05,208 --> 01:31:09,666
There just was a moment
of complete recognition.
1462
01:31:09,791 --> 01:31:12,166
I remember tears started
rolling down my eyes because
1463
01:31:12,708 --> 01:31:13,833
I was thinking of Jimmy,
1464
01:31:14,208 --> 01:31:16,083
and I was thinking of Glasgow,
1465
01:31:16,166 --> 01:31:18,416
and I was thinking of all the years,
the three decades,
1466
01:31:18,458 --> 01:31:22,041
because you could see the faces I had seen
from previous marches,
1467
01:31:22,083 --> 01:31:24,083
previous campaigns that we fought,
1468
01:31:24,083 --> 01:31:27,958
who were young boys at the time, who were
now parents themselves or grandparents.
1469
01:31:28,083 --> 01:31:30,083
(through megaphone) Thank you, thank you!
1470
01:31:32,708 --> 01:31:34,666
Start moving back, please!
1471
01:31:34,708 --> 01:31:36,708
(chanting, cheering)
1472
01:31:48,791 --> 01:31:51,583
It's about being part of a continuum,
you know.
1473
01:31:51,958 --> 01:31:54,208
I might not see what we want just now,
1474
01:31:54,208 --> 01:31:55,833
but my grandchildren might.
1475
01:31:55,958 --> 01:31:57,958
(hopeful music)
1476
01:32:01,208 --> 01:32:05,166
I feel very privileged, actually,
to be part of that day,
1477
01:32:05,208 --> 01:32:07,416
because I have a lot of friends
who grew up with me
1478
01:32:07,458 --> 01:32:09,333
in Pollokshields, but missed that day.
1479
01:32:09,458 --> 01:32:16,083
It changes your mental landscape,
having a moment like that,
1480
01:32:16,166 --> 01:32:18,458
that's shared with your whole community.
1481
01:32:18,833 --> 01:32:20,833
(chanting, applause)
1482
01:32:26,583 --> 01:32:29,083
I think it was
sort of an alchemy, frankly,
1483
01:32:29,541 --> 01:32:31,291
and a damn bit of good luck.
1484
01:32:31,958 --> 01:32:36,541
(in Urdu) Our Eid became more colourful.
1485
01:32:40,833 --> 01:32:44,083
We need to have a moment of celebration,
because it happened
1486
01:32:44,166 --> 01:32:45,583
this doesn't usually happen.
1487
01:32:47,333 --> 01:32:49,291
(chatter)
1488
01:32:53,416 --> 01:32:56,416
Craig, who stays up the road,
did a painting of the demonstration,
1489
01:32:56,458 --> 01:33:00,291
and I have that up in the kids' bedroom,
and quite often at bedtime,
1490
01:33:00,791 --> 01:33:02,708
they ask to have the story of the van,
1491
01:33:02,958 --> 01:33:06,166
and it kind of has this mythic place
in their childhood.
1492
01:33:06,208 --> 01:33:08,458
That's how we talk about it
with our kids now.
1493
01:33:08,833 --> 01:33:10,916
We tell the story of the baddies coming,
1494
01:33:10,958 --> 01:33:12,541
and then putting our neighbours
in the van,
1495
01:33:12,583 --> 01:33:14,708
and then everyone coming out
to look after each other
1496
01:33:15,083 --> 01:33:18,291
and then finally the neighbours being
freed and the baddies having to go home.
1497
01:33:18,333 --> 01:33:20,333
(chatter)
1498
01:33:25,791 --> 01:33:27,291
Everybody put a day in that day,
1499
01:33:28,333 --> 01:33:30,541
for something very special.
1500
01:33:30,833 --> 01:33:32,833
(chatter)
1501
01:33:36,166 --> 01:33:38,208
A day is nothing in your life.
1502
01:33:39,083 --> 01:33:42,208
Please listen to instructions,
please listen to instructions.
1503
01:33:46,583 --> 01:33:49,458
Half of my life I have been in Scotland.
1504
01:33:50,166 --> 01:33:51,708
Kenmure was one of the best days.
1505
01:33:52,083 --> 01:33:56,958
It's just like, you know,
Maradona scoring the winning goal.
1506
01:34:03,333 --> 01:34:05,333
I ended up getting a D in biology.
1507
01:34:06,083 --> 01:34:07,083
I never showed up.
1508
01:34:10,458 --> 01:34:11,583
I sleep like a baby.
1509
01:34:12,208 --> 01:34:13,458
(laughs)
1510
01:34:14,416 --> 01:34:17,833
Maybe that's a good tip for people
to sleep well.
1511
01:34:18,416 --> 01:34:21,458
Go on protests and campaign on things
that you believe in.
1512
01:34:22,083 --> 01:34:24,083
(laughter, cheering)
1513
01:34:26,333 --> 01:34:30,083
I've never experienced anything like it,
because people were watching
1514
01:34:30,083 --> 01:34:31,333
from all over the world,
1515
01:34:31,708 --> 01:34:34,583
and seeing the full force of the police.
1516
01:34:36,083 --> 01:34:40,958
For them to back down
was quite extraordinary.
1517
01:34:41,583 --> 01:34:43,708
(through megaphone) Please make way,
please make way.
1518
01:34:45,291 --> 01:34:46,333
Please, thank you.
1519
01:34:46,583 --> 01:34:51,583
Crowd: Bye, bye, bye!
1520
01:34:53,041 --> 01:34:54,458
(laughter)
1521
01:34:56,083 --> 01:34:57,666
Policies are being made, but...
1522
01:34:58,958 --> 01:35:00,833
what you're essentially doing
is you're telling people
1523
01:35:00,916 --> 01:35:02,166
that they're not worthy.
1524
01:35:02,541 --> 01:35:03,666
Who gets to decide that?
1525
01:36:32,708 --> 01:36:34,708
(music fades into chanting from protests)