“In the light of the summer riots James Brokenshire launched a consultation today to consider how to give the police more tools to tackle disorder.”
Home Office, 13th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Abusive troublemakers who call British soldiers murderers or burn poppies on Remembrance Day could escape prosecution under moves to scrap ‘insulting behaviour’ as a criminal offence.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to press ahead with seeking public order curfew powers for the police to create ‘no-go’ areas during riots. The powers are expected to include immediate curfews over large areas to tackle the kind of fast-moving disturbances that swept across many of England’s major cities in August. May also wants to extend existing powers to impose curfews on individual teenagers aged under 16.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been described as a ‘bully with hatred in his heart’ and jailed for nine months after making Nazi salutes at a Jewish teenager.”
BBC News, 29th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A protester who was held in police cells for six hours during a crackdown on street protests during the royal wedding has received £5,000 compensation and an official apology from the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In light of recent rioting across England, Colin Wynter QC believes a sympathetic application of a strict law can be necessary for victims of crime.”
The Lawyer, 15th August 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The CPS may have dropped charges against 109 Fortnum and Mason protesters; but why are some still facing prosecution?”
Full story
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who was involved in placing a pig’s head on a pole outside the possible site of a mosque in Nottingham has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The contentious police tactic of ‘kettling’ demonstrators is to face a series of legal challenges that could result in it being outlawed – starting with a case tomorrow brought by three teenagers.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court has ruled that the Metropolitan police broke the law in the way they ‘kettled’ protesters at the G20 demonstrations in 2009.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court ruling on whether police in London acted lawfully when they used “kettling” tactics at the G20 protests two years ago is expected later.
Full story
BBC News, 14th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government will consider giving the police new powers, including the banning of face coverings, following the weekend’s anti-cuts march, the home secretary, Theresa May, has said.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police officers illegally kettled peaceful climate activists at the G20 protests in 2009 to stop their gathering being ‘hijacked’ by violent protesters from another demonstration, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of burning poppies at a protest in west London on Armistice Day.”
BBC News, 7th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Hugh Orde, president of Association of Chief Police Officers, says benefits of judicial oversight of future operations would ‘far outweigh additional administrative burden’.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge threw out the case against a teenager accused of throwing a beer can at police outside a party invaded by 200 gatecrashers after it was advertised on Facebook.”
The Independent, 6th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In a heated council debate, Shirley Brown called her colleague a ‘coconut’ and has since been convicted under the Public Order Act. Elizabeth Grice reports.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.”
BBC News, 17th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The controversial American rapper, Snoop Dogg, has won an expensive legal battle against the British government, after it tried to ban him from visiting the country.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two men who shouted ‘scum, scum, scum’ at Muslim protestors during a soldiers’ homecoming parade have been convicted of committing a public order offence.”
BBC News, 5th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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