Sarah Everard vigils: Met commissioner Cressida Dick defends policing and says she will not resign – live

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7.42pm GMT

Reclaim These Streets has accused Cressida Dick of putting people at serious risk" of Covid and of being manhandled, fined and arrested" by failing to ensure peaceful vigils could be carried out with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police.

In a letter to the commissioner posted on Twitter, the campaign group said: We implore you to change your approach and work with us to ensure that any future vigils can be safe, lawful and appropriate."

Dear Commissioner Dick @metpoliceuk, please see our response to your statement today #Reclaimthesestreets pic.twitter.com/bF88tBvI04

The onus is, and always has been, on you to have enabled this to happen - and by not doing so you have not only put people at a serious health risk through a lack of Covid-safe marshalling and at risk of being manhandled, fined and arrested by your officers, but also at risk of their human rights as defined under Articles 10 and 11 of the Human Rights Act 1998 being infringed upon.

7.33pm GMT

Hundreds took part in the protest over the police's handing of vigil at Parliament Square: