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Garcia, a barman has tried to put former British Prime Minister, Tony
Blair, under a citizen’s arrest while the former British leader was out
having dinner.
The incident happened on Friday at a restaurant called Tramshed in Shoreditch, east London, where the barman was working.
According
to Mr. Garcia in an interview he granted Vice.com, “He was sitting at
the head of a table upstairs in the restaurant with about eight other
people eating dinner. I think he was out with his family and a few
friends. I went over to him, put my hand on his shoulder and said: Mr
Blair, this is a citizen’s arrest for a crime against peace, namely your
decision to launch an unprovoked war against Iraq. I am inviting you to
accompany me to a police station to answer the charge.”
He
apparently got close enough to the former Prime Minister, put his hand
on his shoulder and said ‘Mr Blair, this is a citizen’s arrest for a
crime against peace, namely your decision to launch an unprovoked war
against Iraq.’
Mr Garcia told Vice magazine how Blair then
attempted to engage in a debate before one of his son’s went to get
security. The worker then left the restaurant to avoid any trouble and
quit his job in the process.
When contacted, Mr Blair’s office said there ‘was nothing to report’ about the incident.
A fifth of Britons believe that Tony Blair and George Bush should be arrested and face trial for starting the war in Iraq.
Mr Garcia was inspired to approach the former Prime Minister after reading website arrestblair.org.
This
site encourages people to try and arrest Blair for ‘crimes against
peace’and promises a cash reward to people attempting a peaceful
citizens arrest on the former PM.
According to Mr. Garcia, “I
feel great. Lots of people have been contacting me to say well done. I’m
still in disbelief that I got the opportunity to citizen’s arrest the
former Prime Minister”.
When asked if he would do it again if he
had the opportunity he said: “I’d probably get someone to film it. I was
scared to get my phone out in case it was confiscated by his
bodyguards”.
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