{"id":5383,"date":"2021-03-17T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/03\/17\/manchester-demonstrators-protest-over-police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:03:09","slug":"manchester-demonstrators-protest-over-police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/manchester-demonstrators-protest-over-police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester demonstrators protest over police crime sentencing and courts bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds marched through central Manchester protesting over proposed increased police power and diminished freedom of expression threatened by the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors gathered to challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-overarching-documents\">the bill <\/a>proposing increase of police power and changes to protest laws, following the death of Sarah Everard.<\/p>\n<p>Criticised as an anti-democratic bill by human rights charities, demonstrators expressed concern over the right to protest.<\/p>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" id=\"Protest footage by Victoria Thiele\" longdesc=\"Protest footage by Victoria Thiele\" name=\"Victoria Thiele\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6b_k2FuNrNw\" title=\"Protest footage by Victoria Thiele\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h4>Video&nbsp;footage by Victoria Thiele<\/h4>\n<hr>\n<div>\u201cKill the bill\u201d, \u201cno justice, no peace\u201d&nbsp;were some of the chants the demonstrators shouted through the streets of St Peter\u2019s Square and Market Street.<\/div>\n<div>Martin, 47, a member of the protest, said he was&nbsp; protesting to defend democratic rights and expression of social injustice.<\/div>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m here because I think what\u2019s taking place at the moment, is a massive assault on the people\u2019s democratic rights to express themselves, to assemble, to protest injustice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s been brought into sharp believe by the way the Metropolitan Police acted at Clapham Common over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the vigil has sparked national debate regarding violence towards women, highlighting police maltreatment of the public and the ambiguity of rules concerning public demonstrations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester protest\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"6882\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/03\/protest_placards.jpg\" title=\"Protestors marching through central Manchester\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Hundreds filled the streets demanding to be seen and heard&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Image: Victoria Thiele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Martin said he felt apprehensive about&nbsp;how the bill would&nbsp;affect many people in society and states the importance of protesting to promote change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtest changes things; it won us the right to vote, it\u2019s how it got civil rights in the states, it\u2019s how we\u2019ve got the right to form trade unions, it\u2019s how we got environmental legislation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Protest speeches were held by members of the public who all echoed worries about alleged police corruption and misuse of power, which many fear could be exacerbated under the new bill.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester protest\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"6883\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/03\/unadjustednonraw_thumb_3858.jpg\" title=\"Protestors in St Peter's Square\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Deep concerns over police power&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week Priti Patel announced the bill on Twitter, outlining government aims to crackdown on crime by increasing police authority and punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also defines protest rules believed to help manage peaceful protest and enable stronger police action to tackle behaviour deemed as disruptive.<\/p>\n<p>Police will have greater power to control a wider range of protests, such as noise restrictions and apply start and finish times on static protests.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also recommends implementing a statutory offence of public nuisance, intended to tackle any protest tactics deemed to threaten and\/or obstruct the life, comfort and space of members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-factsheets\/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-criminal-damage-to-memorials-factsheet\">damages to memorials<\/a> include fines of over \u00a32k and maximum punishment of 10 years imprisonment, following the topple of the Edward Colston statue during a BLM protest in Bristol last year.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who fail to follow protest rules can face punishment on the grounds of whether the person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-factsheets\/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-protest-powers-factsheet\">\u201cknows or ought to have known\u201d <\/a>about the restrictions, despite not being made aware directly by police.<\/p>\n<p><script 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