In the wake of police activates at the recent #ReclaimTheseStreets protest in Clapham Common, legal resources collective Green & Black Cross have published useful guidelines explaining your rights at a protest during the current lockdown:
Here’s a list of legal guides from their website:
Bustcards
Everyone should have one on a protest, physical ones are available from legal observers and well-prepared people. Bring as many as you can to share. Make sure it’s somewhere secure in case it falls out while arrested.
- The standard GBC/Netpol/ACAB bustcard (and A4 Print version)
- Black Protest Legal Support’s bustcard with Covid-19 info
Guides
- Our Know Your Rights guide webpage
- A list of all of our GBC guides
- Our Coronavirus and Protest Law webpage
- Our Being Trans and Protesting webpage
- Our Being Trans and Protesting booklet
- Netpol’s guide to filming the police
- Netpol’s guide to kettles
- Netpol’s guide to wearing masks on protest
- Netpol 2min Know Your Rights video
- JCWI’s info on immigration status and protest
Key contacts
- 07946 541 511 – protest support line. Everyone should also write this on their arm, ideally in marker pen.
- 07761 911121 – Manchester protest support line
- Need a lawyer for something protest related? Check out Netpol’s Lawyer’s list
- Black Protest Legal Support – BlackProtestLegal@protonmail.com
- Legal questions and court support – Activist Court Aid Brigade, courtsupport@protonmail.com
- Contact GBC Resources collective – gbcresources@protonmail.com
- Contact GBC Trainings collective – gbctrainings@protonmail.com
- Legal Observer callouts and coordination – legal-observer-network@protonmail.com
- Y-Stop for non-protest Stop and Searches – https://y-stop.org/
- London Campaign Against Police and State Violence – https://londonagainstpoliceviolence.wordpress.com
More info
Police powers to stop and search: your rights (from gov.uk)