For the second time, activists rallied in a protest to fight homelessness at McDonald's in Manchester.
On Saturday, about 30 protestors carried huge banners that read "dignity not doorways" and flocked inside Mc Donald's restaurant on Oxford Street, Manchester Evening News reports.
A group of people representing Merseyside Love Activists and the Homeless Rights of Justice Group took fifteen minutes to address their protests before the police arrived to remove them inside the fast food restaurant and prevented them to cause further commotion near Barclays and Halifax banks.
This is the second time that activists stormed McDonald's after their protest against the fast-food giant, which refused to agree with their "policy" to serve homeless people in May.
Anti-homelessness rallies in Manchester City Centre started in April, which have caused the council and police over ₤100,000 of damage.
"We have discovered that Manchesters budget for tackling homelessness has dropped from £1.2m last year to £530k this coming year. We are also dissapointed to learn that the criteria for applying for any of this money is extremely restrictive," according to a statement by Homeless Rights of Justice Group posted on their Facebook page. "This is just not acceptable!"
Although a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson told reporters that officers only ensured peace with their 'presence ' during rallies, activists' lawyer, Ben Taylor stated the officials were "horrendous" in forcing out protestors. Taylor added that their actions were "wrong, premature, oppressive, and draconian."
Town Hall leaders explained that activists have gone too far in causing a mess for their anti-social behaviors, fires, and alcohol-drinking on streets.
Manchester Evening News added that a law against trouble-causing protests is set to be imposed on July 21.
The Homeless Rights of Justice Group continued their rally in a camp at St. Ann's Square.
Police added that no one was harmed, except for a homeless man who was knocked unconscious but was given medical attention when police officers and paramedics arrived.
