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Thousands of demonstrators marched across Britain on Saturday in protest of a massive new policing bill that would create new restrictions on protest in England and Wales and impose hefty fines for not following police instructions.
The bill, officially known as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, was introduced in early March and has been met with widespread pushback in England and Wales since then. It also includes sentencing and court reforms, among other changes, but protesters are specifically incensed by proposed new police powers concerning protests.
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The physics student at Royal Holloway appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning, talking about her arrest.
Whilst attending the vigil in memory of Sarah Everard, and in support of the wider movement around women’s safety, Patsy was pictured being pinned to the ground by police officers and arrested. She says she was then fined £200.
A woman is arrested by Metropolitan Police officers at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard on Clapham Common, London. Photograph by @jackhillphotopic.twitter.com/qhp8GFibNr
‘I was only there to lay a candle down’
Patsy told GMB she went along to the vigil to as she wanted to pay respects and show support to Sarah Everard and her family.
Images of police officers aggressively handling women emerged on social media after the vigil.
Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has refused to step down amid calls for her resignation.
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In response she said Unlawful gatherings are unlawful gatherings.
Dick also offered her support to the family of Sarah Everard, who disappeared on 3 March. Last week, authorities confirmed that human remains found in Kent belonged to the missing woman.
Several Reclaim These Streets protests are being planned in Irish cities this week.
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