I personally don't believe we've got a police force that is actively trying to crack down on journalists so tend to think that this is just sheer ineptitude more than anything.
That said, can I hand on heart say that we aren't headed in that direction? Not really! If somebody told me that in two years journalists would be regularly arrested for covering protests I'd believe you.
Stuff like this from Hertfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner does make you wonder:
"Your editorial policy needs to reflect whether or not we want to be part of the problem which is how Just Stop Oil are managing to get their message out their so very successfully,”
I was thinking about this incident a lot today.
I personally don't believe we've got a police force that is actively trying to crack down on journalists so tend to think that this is just sheer ineptitude more than anything.
That said, can I hand on heart say that we aren't headed in that direction? Not really! If somebody told me that in two years journalists would be regularly arrested for covering protests I'd believe you.