Don't think these powers can only be applied to people you don't like. There is nothing whatsoever stopping somebody from applying them to you and yours. Campaign to have cars slow down in front of a school? You're in the frame. Carrying a bike lock to lock up your bike? You too. Piss off a policeman in his civilian life? He can stop and search you whenever he likes. Or abuse any one of his other new vaguely-defined powers.

#PolicingAct
#Protesting
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/most-draconian-assault-free-speech-living-memory-now-law-2313273?ito=copy-link_share_article-top

KGBeebies: "People who refuse to move on when told to by the police should be locked up."

Also KGBeebies: "How dare the police tell us to move on!"

#Mogg
#PolicingAct

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/05/03/ive-been-to-war-zones-gb-news-indignation-at-a-police-order-to-evacuate-is-a-fabulously-funny-watch/

#Braverman needs to be removed. She is abhorrent.
#Brexit and #Tory Gov have repealed the #HumanRightsAct enacting a #BillOfRights instead; protection for minorities, those with disabilities, women, equality, protection from violence, has all been flagrantly discarded.
Further, the new #PolicingAct effectively revokes our #RightsToProtest. Truly dark times.
#Sunak should be ashamed. Not the country I wish to bring my children up in.

@juliegrrl it is truly bleak. #Braverman needs to be removed. She is abhorrent.
#Brexit and #Tory Gov have repealed the #HumanRightsAct enacting a #BillOfRights instead; protection for minorities, those with disabilities, women, equality, protection from violence, has all been flagrantly discarded.
Further, the new #PolicingAct effectively revokes our #RightsToProtest. Truly dark times.
#Sunak should be ashamed. Not the country I wish to bring my children up in.

RT @NeilMullens@twitter.com

‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New #PolicingAct

@josiahmortimer@twitter.com talks to journalists who were locked up for covering an environmental protest

More repressive legislation to come

@BylineTimes@twitter.com

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/11/they-know-who-i-am-they-know-what-im-doing-arrested-journalists-speak-out-over-new-policing-act/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NeilMullens/status/1591122375461961755

RT @NeilMullens@twitter.com

‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New #PolicingAct

@josiahmortimer@twitter.com talks to journalists who were locked up for covering an environmental protest

More repressive legislation to come

@BylineTimes@twitter.com

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/11/they-know-who-i-am-they-know-what-im-doing-arrested-journalists-speak-out-over-new-policing-act/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NeilMullens/status/1591122375461961755

This article from the excellent Byline Times is very worrying. The new Policing Act, as many knew, is leading to the repression of free speech in the UK. Have a read and see what you think.

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/11/they-know-who-i-am-they-know-what-im-doing-arrested-journalists-speak-out-over-new-policing-act/

#PolicingAct #FreeSpeech #Journalists #UKPolitics

@LauraThompson the #RetainedEUBill on #EmploymentRights are the real reason for #PolicingAct which allows more extensive arrests of #protestors, it wasn't designed for #JustStopOil, it was for those of us #Protesting about our #Employment,Maternity,EqualPay,HolidayPay, and other Employment #Rights

RT @mj_hull@twitter.com

An example of the dangerous impact of the #PolicingAct on civil liberties.

The Act was cited in the arrest of someone for expressing their republican views at a public event.

All of us, republican or not, should resent this intrusion on our freedom.

https://bright-green.org/2022/09/11/i-was-arrested-after-asking-who-elected-him-at-the-proclamation-of-king-charles/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mj_hull/status/1569052232087117830

RT @GypsyTravellers: We know that a lot of people are worried about the new laws in the #PolicingAct.

If you are a Gypsy, Traveller or nomadic person living roadside and you are in need of support, call our helpline on 01273 234777.

Read about your rights here: https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/campaign/know-your-rights-short-guide-launched-on-the-policing-act-2022/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/catherinemep/status/1542446410792148992