The right to protest is crucial to democracy.
Priti Patel’s #PoliceBill aims to remove this right.
It would allow the government to stop any protest & create a police state.
Find out how you can help @TheGreenParty's #ProtestIsNotACrime campaign here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1qav_CQ…
The #PoliceBill is now even more dangerous after "amendments" were added without proper scrutiny or debate.
These would make it even easier for peaceful protesters to be prosecuted & jailed for up to 51 weeks.
Will @UKLabour vote against them in the Lords?
#ProtestIsNotACrime
"Locking on" was a key part of the Suffragettes long campaign for votes for women.
Priti Patel's #PoliceBill aims to make this a crime punishable by up to 51 weeks in prison.
Find out how you can help save the right to protest:
drive.google.com/file/d/1qav_CQ…
#ProtestIsNotACrime
Under the #PoliceBill, this sign could get me jailed if police said it was used as part of a protest that had a "relevant impact” on or caused “serious annoyance” to any 2 people, or “serious disruption” to any organisation.
That's pretty much any protest.
#ProtestIsNotACrime
Here's me protesting in a "loud & annoying" way that no doubt caused "serious annoyance" to at least 2 people.
Under Priti Patel's #PoliceBill, this could be declared a "prohibited protest" & any protesters who were part of it jailed for up to 51 weeks.
#ProtestIsNotACrime
If you have photos of yourself protesting, please post them with the hashtag #ProtestIsNotACrime.
The right to peacefully protest - against corruption, bad government policy or anything else - is absolutely fundamental to democracy.
Priti Patel's #PoliceBill aims to remove it.
As a barrister, @Keir_Starmer acted for road protesters, tree-dwellers, hunt saboteurs & the McLibel defendants.
The #PoliceBill & its amendments are an unprecedentedly dangerous assault on our rights. Will @UKLabour firmly oppose them in the House of Lords?
#ProtestIsNotACrime
The first protest I ever went on, with the Anti-Nazi League in 1978.
It helped show the strength of public opposition to National Front racism. It disrupted roads & made a lot of noise.
Just the sort of thing that Priti Patels's #PolicingBill would outlaw.
#ProtestIsNotACrime
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