{"id":34386,"date":"2021-03-25T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T11:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=34386"},"modified":"2021-03-25T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T11:12:28","slug":"watchsouth-yorkshire-activists-criticise-new-authoritarian-policing-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/watchsouth-yorkshire-activists-criticise-new-authoritarian-policing-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: South Yorkshire activists criticise new \u2018authoritarian\u2019 policing bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts bill increased last week as a result of Sarah Everard\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-56402418\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vigil <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Clapham Common, South London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bill has now been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk\/read-this\/controversial-policing-bill-has-been-delayed-after-backlash-what-you-need-to-know-3171419\">delayed<\/a>\u00a0\u201cuntil later in the year\u201d, after passing the second reading in the Commons on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speeches tonight at the protest \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SistersUncut?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SistersUncut<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/piVjet7JQh\">pic.twitter.com\/piVjet7JQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Shead (@emilyhshead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyhshead\/status\/1371899327006773249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But activists in Sheffield and Doncaster argue this bill undermines our freedom of protest and speech, including how it marginalizes disadvantaged communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivia Jones, organiser of the Black Lives Matter protest in Doncaster last summer, said:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough it\u2019s been delayed we cannot rest. 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