Do You Have A Right To Protest?

[spathiphyllum]

If so how must you protest? I assume if it's in any way aggressive or damaging to property then it would not be allowed. But if it was a peaceful protest can the police legally remove you from where you're protesting if it was say, in the street?

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q330.htm

[The Builder]

I was just hovering, about to post that link , before Mamya barged me away with those "elbows" ;o(

It seems we have more leeway than we think. Just as well really, considering how fundamentally powerless we all are in a democracy.

Protest is reflected in our democratic system. The point being that a single vote does nothing, but, collectively, we can be heard.

It's easy to poke fun at the likes of Greta's movement, but honestly, it's made me and a lot of others think. Awareness if nothing else.

[THECORBYLOON]

I'll wait for the usual comment that it's different if you're white or happen to belong to a certain right-wing group...

[Mamyalynne]

It's all in Article 11.

https://rightsinfo.org/the-rights-in-the-european-convention/

[douglas9401]

You'll get exactly the amount of leeway that 'the man' deems appropriate on any given day.

[dannyk13]

Spath //can the police legally remove you from where you're protesting if it was say, in the street?//
They could if you were causing an obstruction.

[spathiphyllum]

So lets pretend that outside the council office (if i wanted to protest my council) I sat at the door of the office, but not in anyone's way. Not in front of the door, but to the side of the door. Maybe some people may join me who knows, they sit to the side of the door also. Next thing you know there is a corridor of people you'd have to walk between (but they're not in the way) to get into the building

Would this be legal?

[douglas9401]

Let's pretend I'm trying to get into the council building and start to feel claustrophobic and threatened by sundry under-employed gardeners looming.

Would I be within my rights to create a safe space by lamping a couple and telling them to get back to work?

[spathiphyllum]

No that would be classed as assault.

Unless you mean lamping as in.. street lamp IE, shedding light?

Then you'd be within your religious rights to shed light on what ever prophecy you feel is true.