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After weeks of pre-action correspondence, lawyers for the Met this week confirmed that no further action would be taken against the four observers . A spokesperson for BPLS said the organisation was confident the same decision would be taken in the case of a fifth observer.
In a letter to Liberty, the force said it had previously treated legal observers the same as any other participant in a protest, but that it now accepted they were participating on an independent basis to provide legal services to protesters.
The letter added: “Now that the presence at protests of independent legal observers from BPLS has been brought to our attention, we accept that they have an important role to play in providing independent scrutiny of protests and the policing of protests.”
Opposition to the policing bill, which attracted increased scrutiny after officers dragged away mourners at the Sarah Everard vigil, has sparked public protests across England and Wales. Earlier this month demonstrators rallied in central London, where they were addressed by the former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and in dozens of other cities.
Bristol has seen weeks of rallies, with clashes between police and demonstrators who accused officers of being too aggressive, and has been the focus of protests. Further demonstrations are planned across England on Saturday to mark May day.
On Wednesday, the committee heard criticism that the billâs provisions for clamping down on protests because of ânoiseâ and âuneaseâ were vague and subject to interpretation, while a potential 10-year sentence for public nuisance was described as âdisproportionateâ.
In UK, tensions grow between protesters and scandal-hit police Nabeela Zahir © UK police have in recent months come under intense scrutiny amid a series of explosive scandals and . UK police have in recent months come under intense scrutiny amid a series of explosive scandals and a slew of Kill the Bill protests [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]
London, United Kingdom – Jasmine is not new to protests, but until recently she had never come home with bruises. Nor had she ever been bitten by a police dog.
“Even if they [the police] are allowed to hit us, it’s supposed to be below the knee. Why do I have marks all up the side of my body?” she told Al Jazeera.
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