Are police now being more cautious with the new protest regulations? Writes Fraser_Knight
The time was 8.04am and just minutes before a second group had started slow marching a few hundred yards up the road.
The regulations now say police can use their powers to restrict and even stop demonstrations like slow marching if they cause ‘more than a minor hindrance’ to day-to-day activities.
Around half of the protesters complied with that, but the other half - the ones ‘willing to give up their liberties’ - continued with the action.
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