“The law is annoyingly complicated,” said Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley yesterday.
Is it? Really? Sir Mark had been struggling to explain why police officers have been unable to deal more swiftly with disruptors from Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and, most recently, Animal Rebellion.
I’m even more keen for him to address the disparity in response to middle class protesters left alone to trash supermarkets, destroy supplies and sit in roads bringing the country to a standstill – and young Black men stopped, handcuffed and searched on the basis (checks notes) of what they are wearing.
