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Outlawing legitimate protest and targeting campaign groups is dangerous and unsustainable

  • OWEN WEST

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and and Black Lives Matter protests have seen policing face new and unique challenges over recent months; but as crowd control specialist Owen West points out, attempting to ban legitimate demonstrations and reclassifying protest groups as serious crime organisations or domestic extremists is both dangerous and futile.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPolicing Insight
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • Policing

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