Kate Middleton quietly joined the mourners at a memorial for Sarah Everard, a British woman kidnapped and murdered, just before the vigil exploded in police chaos.
In a video captured by Sky News, the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, was portrayed at the vigil in Clapham Common, a district in south London, moving silently through the crowd and leaving flowers there. A Kensington Palace representative did not immediately return Yahoo Life’s request for comment, however, a real source said. People, “She wanted to pay her respects to Sarah and her family. She remembers what it was like to walk around London at night.”
The remains of Everard, 33, a marketing executive from Brixton, were found Friday in a wooded area in Kent, a week after his disappearance on March 3 at 9:30 pm, according to the New York Times, right after leaving a friend’s house on foot. On Friday, policeman Wayne Couzens, 48, of the Metropolitan Police Service, was charged with kidnapping and killing Everard and appeared in court on Saturday.
“I speak on behalf of all my colleagues when I say that we are totally shocked by this terrible, terrible news,” said police commissioner Cressida Dick, adding that Couzens’ arrest sent “waves of shock and anger through the public and the Met. , “as reported by Times.
BREAKING – Detectives investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard in London arrested a metropolitan police officer on duty tonight. The man was arrested at an address in Kent. The police described the arrest as a “significant development”. pic.twitter.com/fNmi9PtOxz
– Mark White (@skymarkwhite) March 10, 2021
I can think of so many incidents of predatory behavior by men throughout my life … at 10 or 11 years old … I think it was the first time that an adult man saw me.
– Nathalie Emmanuel (@missnemmanuel) March 11, 2021
In the week between Everard’s disappearance and the discovery of his body, women around the world began to share their experiences of sexual harassment and aggression. A woman tweeted about being verbally abused by a man who was driving her employer’s car and when she contacted her supervisor, she received an apology for the “inconvenience”. Another teenager wrote that at the moment she is very afraid to leave the house and another said that she once slapped a colleague for grabbing her breast and he made fun of her in return. Radio and television presenter Shelagh Fogarty posted a topic about abuse from the age of 10 and War of Thrones actress Nathalie Emmanuel tweeted that she was sexually abused “numerous times”. The hashtag #NotAllMen also spread.
On Friday, Reclaim These Streets, a group of women who organized the Everard memorial canceled the event due to police concerns that a large meeting would increase COVID-19 cases. The group also said that each organizer risked a $ 14,000 fee for ignoring orders. “We are protesting against violence against women and being closed down by the police,” said organizer Jamie Klingler, according to the Times. “I am perplexed.” A group representative did not immediately return Yahoo Life’s request for comment.
However, on Saturday, people filled the park with signs that said: “Women shouldn’t have to live in fear”, “How many more?” and “She was coming home”. While the mourners clashed with the police, they made several arrests. “The Clapham Common scenes are unacceptable,” the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan tweeted. “The police have a responsibility to enforce Covid’s laws, but from the images I saw, it’s clear that the response was sometimes neither adequate nor proportionate. [in] contact the Commissioner and seek an explanation urgently. “
This is what Sarah Everard’s vigil looked like before dozens of Met policemen approached, disturbed the mourners, and arrested women outside the bandstand. Shameful pic.twitter.com/RcsIF76Nwj
– Zing Tsjeng (@misszing) March 13, 2021
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