Protests broke out on Saturday across England and Wales against a new bill that would give police the power to break up disruptive protests.
The new Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill, which covers a wide range of policy areas, would give police new powers to “impose conditions on protests that are noisy enough to cause ‘intimidation or harassment’ or ’serious unease, alarm, or distress’ to bystanders,” and increase the sentence for damaging memorials to up to 10 years.
