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No expert on this, but aren't there new wider powers for police around protest which include things that could offend others?
If that's the case then, while of course it shows poor judgement and over reach from the police, I'd say the blame is primarily confusing/shit legislation.
Happy to be educated further.
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Happy to be educated further.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/pcsc-policing-act-protest-rights/
Particularly the "RESTRICTING ONE-PERSON PROTESTS" section.
Greenbank
It is difficult to see, based on the reports, how the Oxford arrest can possibly be justified. There doesn’t appear to have been any threat of violence, those at the proclamation were defending the protestor’s right to free speech. I’d be very surprised if it got to court.
https://mobile.twitter.com/wainwright_tom/status/1569308775013818374