Police have seized amplifiers and audio system utilized by a long-running anti-Brexit protest exterior the House of Parliament, below a brand new anti-protest legislation pushed by by Priti Patel.
Steve Bray and his marketing campaign group have been a long-running fixture on the pavement on Parliament Square – blasting protest songs and confronting Tory MPs.
But on Tuesday police confiscated Mr Bray’s gear utilizing new powers within the authorities’s controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act – which took impact from midnight.
Around 15 officers this morning descended on the long-running demonstration, warning the protesters that in the event that they resisted they’d be arrested.
Home Secretary Priti Patel’s new legislation prolonged a “controlled area” round parliament to incorporate Parliament Square and different aspect streets, the place the protest has primarily based itself.
Police wasted no time to crack down on the dissenters, confiscating the gear simply 10 hours after they gained the powers to take action.
Speaking after the incident, Mr Bray instructed The Independent : “They are just about to arrest me if I put the amp on again.”
The demonstrator mentioned the clampdown was “absolutely illegal”.
“Human rights have been superseded by crass Tory laws. A lot of this law was aimed at people like me, XR (Extinction Rebellion). It’s shocking in a democracy when it comes to this but it needs to be tested,” he said.
And he added: “We’ll be going back on again. We have had two warnings already. They have said a third time they’re going to arrest me … (they have warned of) seizure of equipment and arrest… If I put the amplifier back on. So I’m gonna go with an anti fascist song called Bella Ciao.”
Asked if he was ready to be arrested, he mentioned: “Yes.” He added: “It’s not just sleepwalking into a fascist state. It’s here. It’s here now.”
He mentioned his message for the house secretary was: “Up yours, Priti Patel. You’re a fascist. Go to hell Priti.”
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It is known officers warned Mr Bray that if he continued to make use of the gear it will be seized, and that if he resisted, he can be arrested.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Act is a sprawling piece of laws which human rights group Liberty has described as “a concerted attack on the right to protest”.
As properly as extending the buffer zone round parliament, the invoice additionally restricts traveller encampments, provides police powers to disperse noisy protests, and cracks down on protesters taking direct motion.
One clause additionally provides police powers to ban disruptive one-man protesters, a clause which raised suspicions that the Home Secretary was particularly focusing on Mr Bray.