{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/52271.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":52271,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"start an investigation into the legality of the actions of the north London police  & Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, in regards to the seizing of property fr","background":null,"additional_details":"Police in north London have seized blankets, sleeping bags and food donations from rough sleepers in a crackdown on homelessness.\r\n\r\nA local paper reported that the belongings, mostly donated by sympathetic members of the community, were snatched by police from a group of homeless people as they sheltered in an abandoned public baths for the night.\r\n\r\nThe nine people, including a man in his sixties, were seeking cover from a cold night in Redbridge and were left stunned when their worldly possessions disappeared into the back of a police car.\r\n\r\nWe ask that a public inquiry be set up, and if the law has been broken that people should be prosecuted!","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":3,"created_at":"2013-07-02T09:01:40.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:14.244Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-07-03T13:54:00.000Z","closed_at":"2014-07-03T13:54:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-07-02T09:01:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}