(01.12.2021)
The government’s back-door amendments to the policing bill are tyrannical. We should be on the streets in our millions
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Jeremy Corbyn SPEAKING at Kill the Bill Protest
Ex-Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn Speaks out against the Governments Bill.
Jeremy Corbyn‘s speech in Parliament Square #killthebill
‘Kill the bill’ protesters rally across England and Wales on Saturday: Demonstrations against crackdown on right to protest are organised in 25 cities including London
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, which passed its second reading in parliament last month, will modify existing public order legislation to make it easier for police to ban or shut down peaceful protests if they are considered too disruptive or likely to lead to disorder.
Opponents of the bill have called it an attack on the right to protest and a step towards authoritarianism.
Erneut Proteste in England gegen neues Polizeigesetz
Allein in London versammelten sich heute einige tausend Demonstrierende auf dem zentralen Parliament Square, auch in Newcastle und Birmingham zogen mehrere hundert Menschen mit „Kill the Bill“-Plakaten (deutsch: „Tötet den Gesetzesentwurf“) durch die Straßen.
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Lord Neuberger linked the new powers to the coronavirus pandemic and suggested that if the government was seen to be ignoring the law, ordinary people might also decide to reject it,
„The government understandably expects people to obey the law: but I ask rhetorically, what moral authority does the government have expecting people to obey these draconian laws, if it itself is announcing that it intends to break its obligations under international law and intends to stop people going to court to enforce their rights against the government?“ he said.
Police assaulted me at the Bristol protest even though I told them I was from the press. I was respectfully observing what was happening and posed no threat to any of the officers. I have muted the latter part of the video to spare you all the pain of hearing my shrill voice.
Police under fire for ‚assault‘ of journalist at Bristol protest
Police have come under fire for their treatment of a reporter at demonstrations in Bristol on Friday night, during violent clashes between officers and protesters.
Daily Mirror journalist Matthew Dresch shared video footage that appeared to show police pushing him and hitting him with a baton as he shouted that he was a member of the press.
Festnahmen in Bristol bei Protest gegen Polizeigesetz
Chaoten hätten die Einsatzkräfte mit Flaschen, Ziegelsteinen und Eiern attackiert, teilte die Polizei in der Nacht auf heute mit. Auf berittene Beamtinnen und Beamte seien Feuerwerkskörper geworfen worden, ein Polizeipferd sei mit Farbe besprüht worden, hieß es.
Kill the Bill: Violent protest ‚disgraceful‘, says prime minister
Home Secretary Priti Patel also criticised the disorder and the „violence being directed towards the police“.
„I‘m in no doubt the silent, law-abiding majority will be appalled by the actions of this criminal minority,“ she said.
„Despite repeated warnings to disperse, it‘s clear these thugs were only intent on causing trouble.
‚Kill the bill‘: hundreds take part in Bristol protest
A crowd of people gathered in Bristol on Friday evening for a third ‚kill the bill‘ demonstration within a week.
Protesters met at two parks, Castle Park and College Green, and marched through the city centre and along Park Street towards Bristol University’s buildings
Hundreds sit down outside Bristol police station in ‚kill the bill‘ protest
Three arrested after hundreds turned out to protest in Newcastle
The nationwide campaign for women‘s safety follows the death of Sarah Everard. The 33-year-old marketing executive went missing while walking home from a friend’s flat in London on 3 March.
People are also protesting against the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill. It would change how protests are policed and making some aspects of the Coronavirus Act permanent.
It comes as the UK remains in a national lockdown, which bans gatherings
Bristol Bridewell police station under siege
(livestream)
Neues Polizeigesetz passiert britisches Unterhaus
„Aber speziell, um mit Protesten umzugehen, bei denen sich die Leute nicht in erster Linie gewalttätig oder ernsthaft ordnungswidrig verhalten, sondern, wie in diesem Fall, die erklärte Absicht hatten, die Polizei in die Knie zu zwingen und die Stadt zum Stillstand zu bringen, und bereit waren, die Methoden, von denen wir alle wissen, dass sie es taten, um das zu erreichen, anzuwenden.“
Abgesehen davon, dass diese Sätze nicht nur in der Übersetzung, sondern auch im englischen Original etwas verschwurbelt sind, ist es erstaunlich, wie freimütig hier beschrieben wird, dass ziviler Ungehorsam unterdrückt werden soll.
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It will also become a crime to fail to follow restrictions the protesters „ought“ to have known about, even if they have not received a direct order from an officer.
At present, police need to prove protesters knew they had been told to move on, before they can be said to have broken the law.
The proposed law includes an offence of „intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance“.
Police lines have been pushed back almost to the door of the station
Bristol police station ‚under siege‘ as ‚Kill the Bill‘ rioters set fire to van
The event was dubbed „Kill the Bill“, in reference to the attempts to stop the Government‘s proposed law which would give police and the Home Secretary increased powers to stop protests.
The Bill also makes a special new law to protect monuments and statues, in the wake of the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, with the crime of damaging them punishable by up to ten years in prison.
Bristol this afternoon #PoliceCrackdownBill #PoliceCrimeSentencingCourtsBill #KillTheBill #Bristol
Bristol protests: Huge crowds gather despite lockdown rules – fury at Policing Bill
Demonstrators began gathering at Bristol’s College Green around 2pm before marching through the city.
According to Bristol Live police initially encouraged them to disperse but moved to the crowd’s edges as numbers increased.
Protestors waved ‘Kill The Bill’ placards whilst a small number had black and red anarchist flags.
What is the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and how will it change protests?
It will also become a crime to fail to follow restrictions the protesters „ought“ to have known about, even if they have not received a direct order from an officer.
At present, police need to prove protesters knew they had been told to move on, before they can be said to have broken the law.
The proposed law includes an offence of „intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance“.
Civil liberties groups call police plans for demos an ‚assault‘ on right to protest
Among other things, the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill will give Priti Patel powers to create laws to define “serious disruption” to communities and organisations, which police can then rely on to impose conditions on protests.
The HMICFRS report, ordered by Patel following Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, outlines a “need to develop” covert intelligence gathering methods and an expectation of increased use of facial recognition technology, despite a court of appeal ruling last year that its use in south Wales breached privacy rights and broke equalities law.