@[email protected] has moved on Nostr: As David Mead (UEA) points our, the Terrorism Act does not require the police to ...

As David Mead (UEA) points our, the Terrorism Act does not require the police to arrest peaceful demonstrators even if they are expressing support for a proscribed group... the police could have chosen not to intervene in protests against the proscription of Palestine Action...

That they didn't refrain, may be Police over-reach, perhaps reflects pressure from the Home Office or maybe shows some Police forces do not understand the Terrorism Act.

#protest #politics

https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-arrests-what-happens-next-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-breadth-of-britains-counter-terrorism-laws-263080