2021-07-05 Kill The Bill emergency demonstration
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London, UK. 5th July, 2021. Activists representing many different pressure groups attend a Kill The Bill protest in Parliament Square against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill 2021 as MPs consider amendments to the Bill in the House of Commons. The PCSC Bill would grant the police a range of new discretionary powers to shut down protests, including the ability to impose conditions on any protest deemed to be disruptive to the local community, wider stop and search powers and sentences of up to 10 years in prison for damaging memorials.