Inquiry condemns policing of Sarah Everard vigil and Bristol protests

Report says police breached fundamental rights and used unnecessary and disproportionate force

The policing of the Sarah Everard vigil in London and kill the bill" demonstrations in Bristol breached fundamental rights to protest and involved unnecessary and disproportionate use of force, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Multiple failings were committed by the Metropolitan police service (MPS) and Avon and Somerset constabulary (A&SC), including wrongly applying the lockdown regulations and failing to understand their legal duty to facilitate peaceful protest, the all-party parliamentary group on democracy and the constitution (APPGDC) found.