To me and, I suspect, the majority of the women there, a vigil means that you stand in silence with others to express solidarity over an issue. Being told that you can't have one in this instance is like having salt rubbed into a wound, given that the issue is about women not feeling safe to be alone on the street. In addition, it appears that Sarah Everard wasn't even safe from one of the people who are supposed to protect us all. In the circumstances, as I can see them at the moment, the police should have stood back. It was obvious that they couldn't make all those women disperse. They stood back at Black LIves Matter protests last year and more recently at Rangers stadium in Glasgow.
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