>> I broadly trust the BBC but they are reporting what they have been told by
>> a police force
Correct.
"Dorset Police believe the video was planned and recorded by anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration in Bournemouth on Saturday."
Can't fault the BBC there.
Except for lazy journalism of course over which the BBC does not have a monopoly. Obviously there is an implicit judgment about how much time and effort they put into a 'story' such as this but all they have done here is print some PR.
If the police have evidence that this was more than a simple breach of the rules then perhaps they should not have issued FPN's but brought suitable charges and evidence to court. The fact that they haven't might, or might not, be significant.
On balance I think what the CC and ACC have said is probably substantially true but it's a funny way to go about it.
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