Local residents were furious after a row of 30-year-old trees was cut down - so police could watch an animal rights demo. Officers complained the five 30ft trees obscured a CCTV camera's view.
The felling meant they could see campaigners who met in Melton, Leics, for a demo at a supermarket.
Locals said it was a massive over-reaction to the protest which went without incident.
One said: "I can't believe the council has done this just so a policeman sitting on his backside in a control room somewhere can have a better view."
Paul Evans, head of the council's street scene and environment department, said: "I can understand people being upset but it was a police request."
But he said shrubs might be planted following "a number of calls"
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