Mike Tango wrote:riverrock wrote:
A vigil, with respect and social distancing, became a rally by individuals who were intent and had history on provoking the police,. The police response was bad optics, not perfect, but entirely justified.
The new policing bill will ensure that even a peaceful vigil will become a thing of the past under threat of years in prison, so that’s all right then.
It’s a shame we need that bill, it allows the Police to stop the new “Animal Rebellion” group closing factories by blockading them with a “peaceful” protest.
You might support the bill if one of these “rebellion” groups decides they don’t like your business.
You see they can lawfully shut you down if they don’t like you, as long as they do it peacefully.
What is your business? What do you do as a day job out of interest?
You’re obviously not a target of one of the “rebellion” groups that the bill will protect people from.
Shame we need it, but we do.
(I write / design software for a large medical company, so they’ve not come for us yet.
I used to work for John Lewis, they went for them a couple of times, but it was kept out of the press, and JL ceased their private shoot which appeased them. )