The offer marks a second attempt by forces to overturn the ruling, after judges refused to allow her to appeal her decision earlier this month. Scotland Yard said it was trying to challenge the case as it believed there were “important starting points around the role of the police advising organizers before a proposed event”. Taking place while the restrictions on COVID were in place, the Reclaim These Streets (RTS) campaign team proposed a social alienation for 33-year-old Sarah Everard, who was assassinated by former Met Officer Wayne Couzens. However, the organizers canceled the event after they were told by the force that they would face fines of 10,000 pounds and possible prosecution if it continued. Nevertheless, a spontaneous vigil and protest took place in Clapham, in south London, anyway. The group has criticized Met Police for “spending more money than taxpayers” to continue its fight.
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He said: “Despite the Supreme Court’s firm rejection of their desperate request for leave to appeal, they are now trying to appeal to the Court of Appeal. Will it never end?” The four women who founded RTS, Jessica Leigh, Anna Birley, Henna Shah and Jamie Klingler, argued that the decisions taken by the force before the scheduled vigil amounted to a violation of their human rights to freedom of speech and to meet. In March, their claim was accepted by Lord Justice Warby and Mr Justice Holgate, who found that the Met’s decisions before the event “were not in accordance with the law”. The force then asked to challenge the decision in the Court of Appeal, but the judges refused permission. Now, he is asking the Court of Appeal itself to grant permission to challenge the decision. Image: Power was strongly criticized for handling vigilance Read more: A year after Sarah Everard’s murder, are women safer? “We believe that clarity on these issues is of paramount importance to both citizens and their right to freedom of expression and to the police in the way they enforce legal restrictions, while remaining neutral on the cause behind it. the event “, said Met Police. “This appeal does not concern the policing of the vigil itself, but the decisions and communications with Reclaim These Streets in view of the event scheduled for last March.” He added that he continued to police “hundreds of demonstrations and demonstrations across London every month” and accepted the “important principles of control and challenge in this area of policing”.
