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| Police given tougher powers to crackdown on eco-mob disruption: New measures allowing officers to move on static protests and 'tunnelling' becoming a criminal offence comes into force from today | |
| 2023-07-03 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Police from today will have tough new powers to 'clamp down' on 'disruptive' protestors - including the environmental campaigners who build tunnels underground. The new laws make 'tunnelling' illegal, meaning protestors who build tunnels at HS2 construction sites including the one outside Euston Station could now be jailed for up to three years. Powers to move on static protests have now also been extended to the British Transport Police and the Ministry of Defence Police, meaning they will no longer be forced to rely on local forces. The Home Office said the powers will free up capacity in police forces across the country, as it claimed protests are swallowing 150 Metropolitan Police officers each day who will now be able to patrol London's streets. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the powers will let police 'act fast and clamp down' on protestors as she hit out at those causing 'mayhem' on Britain's streets.
The new powers follow the introduction of the Public Order Act in May which expanded police abilities to tackle 'guerilla' protest tactics, by making it illegal to 'lock-on' to buildings or disrupt 'key national infrastructure'. Under the powers that came into force today, protestors found guilty of tunnelling or 'being present in a tunnel to cause serious disruption' could be jailed for up to three years. Those found guilty of taking equipment to tunnel will also face a maximum penalty of six months in prison, while anyone guilty of obstructing a major transport works could face the same punishment. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 EcoRats, apparently. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-03 19:43 |
| #2 The new laws make 'tunnelling' illegal, meaning protestors who build tunnels at HS2 construction sites including the one outside Euston Station could now be jailed for up to three years. What? Don't they have Zoning, inspection, construction and OSHA requirements that this people are ignoring making these 'tunnels' illegal for a whole basket of regulations? Oh, right, we need a "new law", gotcha. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-07-03 17:58 |
| #1 Woke Wars: Radical Climate Activists Disrupt London Pride Parade for Partnering with Polluters |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-02 06:58 |