Officers assaulted as police fine Lincoln house party rebels

More than 2 hundred folks gathered in Lincoln metropolis centre on Saturday afternoon to rally in opposition to a brand new authorities invoice that will curtail protesting rights.

Lincoln joined different protests in opposition to authorities’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in north London as nicely as Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, and Bristol — the place the primary protests began.

In the town, some 2 hundred folks gathered at Speakers’ Corner, together with Extinction Rebellion activists, Socialist and Labour supporters, as nicely as teams representing LGBTQ+.

Protests are actually lawful as soon as once more after the March 29 lockdown easing, however organisers should submit a danger evaluation and take steps to make sure the gatherings are protected.

Most folks wore masks or stored their distance from others. People utilizing the megaphone additionally sanitised their arms and wiped the microphone.

Several audio system took to the megaphone to air the issues concerning the authorities invoice, local weather change, fascism and racism — which have been cheered by the crowds.

One speaker did attempt to urge these attending to not put on masks and spoke in opposition to COVID vaccinations, however was rapidly moved on by folks’s jeers.

Below is the complete video of The Lincolnite‘s dwell protection of the protest from our Facebook web page.