Sir – With reference to your story (December 16) about a boy, Nicky Wishart, from this village who was taken out of his school class and interrogated by the police after publicising a proposed demonstration outside the Witney office of his MP (David Cameron) against the closure of the local youth centre.
Personally, I’m very much in favour of young people taking action against Government cuts in their facilities.
That Nicky was threatened with arrest and with investigation by the anti-terrorist police is an outrage against civil rights.
The police officers concerned must be disciplined for, at the least, wasting taxpayers’ money. If the Government wants to save money, it could stop the police throwing their weight around against young people exercising their civic duties.
Nick Lewis, Eynsham
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