It was obvious at the time when other police forces around the country didn't end up making news headlines as they let them quietly go ahead.
Anyway doesn't matter as Priti Awful's bill means you can't protest anyway if your protest distresses people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60707646
The Met Police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard, two judges have ruled.
The group had to cancel the event after the Met said it would be illegal to stage it under lockdown restrictions.
However, hundreds of people attended an unofficial gathering on Clapham Common in south London to pay their respects to Ms Everard, who was murdered by a serving Met officer, Wayne Couzens.
The vigil, on 13 March, saw clashes between police and some of those there.
At a two-day hearing at the High Court in January, Jessica Leigh, Anna Birley, Henna Shah and Jamie Klingler argued that decisions made by the force in advance of the planned vigil amounted to a breach of their right to freedom of speech and assembly.
In a statement after the ruling, the women's solicitor Theodora Middleton said: "Today's judgment is a victory for women.
"Last March, women's voices were silenced. Today's judgment conclusively shows that the police were wrong to silence us.
"The decisions and actions by the Met Police in the run-up to the planned vigil for Sarah Everard last year were unlawful and the judgment sets a powerful precedent for protest rights.
"We came together one year and one day ago to organise a vigil on Clapham Common because Sarah Everard went missing from our neighbourhood. We felt sad and afraid.
"We were angry that women still weren't safe and we were tired of the burden to stay safe always weighing on our shoulders."
Anyway doesn't matter as Priti Awful's bill means you can't protest anyway if your protest distresses people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60707646
The Met Police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard, two judges have ruled.
The group had to cancel the event after the Met said it would be illegal to stage it under lockdown restrictions.
However, hundreds of people attended an unofficial gathering on Clapham Common in south London to pay their respects to Ms Everard, who was murdered by a serving Met officer, Wayne Couzens.
The vigil, on 13 March, saw clashes between police and some of those there.
At a two-day hearing at the High Court in January, Jessica Leigh, Anna Birley, Henna Shah and Jamie Klingler argued that decisions made by the force in advance of the planned vigil amounted to a breach of their right to freedom of speech and assembly.
In a statement after the ruling, the women's solicitor Theodora Middleton said: "Today's judgment is a victory for women.
"Last March, women's voices were silenced. Today's judgment conclusively shows that the police were wrong to silence us.
"The decisions and actions by the Met Police in the run-up to the planned vigil for Sarah Everard last year were unlawful and the judgment sets a powerful precedent for protest rights.
"We came together one year and one day ago to organise a vigil on Clapham Common because Sarah Everard went missing from our neighbourhood. We felt sad and afraid.
"We were angry that women still weren't safe and we were tired of the burden to stay safe always weighing on our shoulders."
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