It appears the police in Bristol are being ecnomical with the truth, the Observer article here
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...istol-demonstrations-police-bill-city-dissent explains.
- The police have admitted that the reports fo officers with fractures were untrue, simiarly no punctured lungs
- Hospitals designated for police casualties from the protect remain empty whilst those for protestors were full
Bristol has a population of van-dwellers (priced out of housing) which this bill will criminalise. Obviously the govt prefers people to pay the high rents of the rentier class so they can live a life or leisure on the back of a minimum-wage (if they are lucky) zero-hours wage slave. So no surprise they are pushing back.
This is scary stuff, the police lies and even attacking an accredited journalist who was there observing show how the police really behave when the Home Sec has an agenda.
This is the future unless we stand up to it. Remember, all our rights (right to be in a Trades Union and to strike, votes for men and women, basic human rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, getting a decent wage, paid time off for holidays, paid sick pay, NHS, pensions) were won by protest over decades from the Chartists and Tolpuddle martyrs to the suffragists/ettes, the matchworkers and others.
We need a green new deal and decarbonisation, however this new bill will criminalise anyone who challenges the landed and wealthy people who want the status quo of high consumption, high rents/expensie housing and low wages to continue.
TPO