This is terrifying. Police in the UK will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said. Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail, and a £1,000 fine.
@luckytran honestly it is not worth whipping up what is political gesturing in the first place. The #Met have to make pragmatic decisions every second and that’s exactly the kind of stuff that’s entirely unenforceable. Brown and black people will continue getting detained under the many clown pretences already used and masked white people will be perfectly fine. The fate of #Climateactivists is #postcodelottery dependent.