I was trying to compose a response to the assertions of rent-a-mob but I think John Boy has given me a starter.
First of all the media coverage does seem to show a handful of participants in balaclavas (unless of course they're 'undercover' police). The vast majority however seem to be ordinary women intent on vigil/protest.
Is it right that Covid precautions mean that such a vigil is impossible? Other forces, West Midlands and Nottinghamshire are quoted as examples, were willing to facilitate such a thing. A Judge, asked to rule on the point, appears to have declined to do so; it looks as though he metaphorically knocked their heads together and told them to sort it out.
Was it foreseeable that, ban notwithstanding, people would turn up to protest peacefully?
Although distancing appears to be being breached was there a real risk of transmission in the open air on a cool breezy evening?
Was the level of police reaction justified?
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Sun 14 Mar 21 at 13:53
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