Protest laws move UK towards paramilitary policing, says former chief
by Vikram Dodd and Jamie Grierson from World news | The Guardian on (#5FWGZ)
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A former police chief has warned that new protest laws move Britain dangerously towards paramilitary policing" and that UK ministers are flexing their muscles via their police forces" like repressive regimes around the world.
The warning from Michael Barton, the former chief constable of Durham comes as policing braces itself for a report expected within the next 48 hours after Metropolitan police officers were accused of heavy-handed tactics at a vigil on Clapham Common for Sarah Everard.
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