The APPGDC inquiry's chairman, Labour MP Geraint Davies, said the police should"facilitate the expression of peaceful protest".
"Parliament must protect our freedoms and reject attempts to increase police power and restrict our right to peaceful protest." They include abandoning some of the new proposed powers - as they are"unnecessary" and have placed police in an"unfair position".Despite the official watchdog report - by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services - backing the Met's handling of the London event - the inquiry criticised its"tone deaf" response to criticism.
She said they were"met with an extraordinarily challenging circumstance" and"followed national guidance…taking enforcement action as a very last resort".
ShelfordMark The Sarah Everard vigil wasn't difficult to police as they should have just monitored rather than manhandling 5ft nothing 9 stone women to the ground. !
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Politicians who are not fit for purpose going against other more relevant organisations who have judged the response to be lawful and proportionate. What a surprise.....
Load of rubbish
What's the point of having rules in a pandemic if the right to protest takes precedence? If I'd known that I'd have held a 'protest' with all my family on my 40th that I missed. My dad's 70th too
WHY BOTHER HAVING THEM ON THE STREETS THEN......
How can police do their work. Do these reports outlet that. Demotivating for police workers
Because it wasn’t obvious enough