Lizzie Edmonds
Dialy Mail, UK
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:45 CST


DJ Twiggy Garcia put Tony Blair under citizen's arrest while the former Prime Minister was out having dinner

Tony Blair was 'dining with friends and family' at Tramshed, east London

DJ and barman Twiggy Garcia attempted arrest for crimes against peace

Was inspired to do so after reading site arrestblair.org

A barman tried to put Tony Blair under a citizen's arrest while the former Prime Minister was out having dinner.

Blair was eating at Tramshed in east London when Twiggy Garcia approached him.

The part-time producer said he 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 sons went to get security. The worker then left the restaurant to avoid any trouble.

Mr Blair's office said today there 'was nothing to report' about the incident.

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.'

The arrests are largely symbolic, but a bounty is offered to those who attempt it should it be reported in the media.

The website says the intention of the campaign is to encourage attempts to arrest the former prime minister, to remind the public justice has not yet been done and to 'show the mass murder he committed will not be forgotten.'

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was approached by Mr Garcia - who then attempted to arrest him for crimes against peace

It adds campaigners wish to put pressure on the authorities to prosecute Blair for a crime against peace.

Mr Garcia said he had not planned to approach Blair but decided to take the opportunity when he walked into the trendy east London eatery.

Speaking with Vice, he said: 'My heart rate increased when I found out he was in the building; there was a eerie presence, which some of the other staff noticed too.

'I went on the arrestblair website to see how to perform a citizen's arrest.

'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 said, "No, shouldn't you be worried about Syria?" and I replied that I can only address things that are within my grasp at any one time.

'Then he asked me, "But don't you agree that Saddam was a brutal dictator and he needed to be removed?" and I replied "Not by an illegal war." Then he started talking about how lots of people died in the 1980s.'

A spokeswoman from Blair's office said today: 'There is nothing to report here apart from fact that Mr Blair did offer to discuss the issue that offer was declined and the individual walked off.

'Nothing else happened. Everyone is fine and they had a great time at the restaurant'

Mr Garcia is the fifth person to have tried to bring the former Prime Minister to justice after reading the arrestblair.org website

There, I corrected the error of omission.

stoopid,and a good way to get harmed!

there's a few other adverbs that would have worked as well....

Idiotic and moronic come to mind.

Thank you Dodo.

If only americans had the guts and brains to arrest Bush and his brain Cheney. We americans are so stupefied and dumbed down we cheer for the bad guys.

Speak for yerself!
Still blaming Bush,hmmmmmmmmm?

Mr Conrad your free to remain willfully ignorant if you choose but don't expect the rest of us to jump on your bandwagon.

Why ain't you go down to Texas and try it?
Might be an Eyeopening-Experience for you for sure!
Keep on blaming Bush,and ignore what has been happening for the last five years!
You'll get a bitter awakening some day soon!

It is idiotic to blame the tool and not the user.

Blair, Bush, Obozo, et al..... just tools of their banker/corporate puppet masters

They deserve to be jailed, ridiculed or chastised for their actions, but they are just tools.

Throw any of them under the bus and it stays on schedule with a newly appointed driver.

Now if you could stop the bus you might have something!

This thread is about a man attempting to arrest Blair in England for his war crimes. I choose to stay on that topic. We all know the world the corporations are building represents something that looks far more like fascism than freedom. We all know our politicians are just willing dupes for the economic elite,they are bought and paid for on this we all can agree.

I am sure the war in Iraq had nothing to do with the 30 trillion dollars of proven oil reserves and we only wanted to give Iraqis "freedom".

What Topic,that some Idiot wanted to make a name of himself by putting his Hand on Blair's Shoulder and saying,you're under Arrest,so he could get that couple Thousand "Bounty"?
The Jerk is lucky he doesn't look like a piece of 'Swissconsin' by now!
Like I said,you had better worry about what is sitting in the White House now,but I guess he is still throwing Loot the Union's way,and therefore acceptable!

please stay on topic mr conrad

go do a citizens arrest on them... you can lead the charge...

lol,then he just ran off... if that was bush, soon as he stared to talk, secret service would have had him locked up... blair doesn't have any secret service?

Sad is it not? wreck a country on lies and still walk free. Seems to be horrific a man is so above the law..........So un american.

when did we start talking about obama?

It's like a ninja openly approaching you and announcing that he's going to assassinate you!
Fool!
If you're going to be a good for nothing do-gooder then you'd better make damn sure that you're good at it!