Crowd boos, flips bird as Charles’ coronation procession goes by: ‘Not my king!’

nypost.com:

royal procession was heckled by anti-monarch protestors who joined the crowd of onlookers watching the parade on Saturday.“Down with the crown!” many among the masses shouted as the carriage rolled past, armed with blinding yellow signs and shirts.“Not my King!” they yelled, stationed among the hoards of Brits lining the central London streets.Several protestors were arrested before the ceremony this morning, but members of the group told CNN that the Metropolitan Police did not cite reasons why.At 7 a.m.

local time, officers detained and searched six demonstrators who are members of Republic – a group aimed at abolishing the monarchy – the organization’s director Harry Stratton told CNN.

Among the small group detained was Republic’s chief executive Graham Smith, according to footage shared on Twitter by the Alliance of European Republican Movements.“They’re under arrest, end of, OK?” an officer said in the video that has since received 3.4 million views online.Stratton told the outlet that officers who were asked why the group was being detained allegedly said police would “figure it out” after the they were searched.“They didn’t say why they were arresting them.

They didn’t tell them or us where they were taking them. It really is like something out of a police state,” Stratton said.“I think people are quite perturbed by the police reaction.