On Tuesday, hundreds once again took to the streets, beginning at the Bearpit and marching to Bridewell police station, this time to demand that those arrested for taking part in the 2021 protest are freed and charges dropped against those awaiting trial. Continue reading In photos: Kill the Bill anniversary protest
Visitors to College Green on bank holiday Monday afternoon were greeted by the strange sight of 150 Hong Kongers lining the length of the park. Continue reading Hong Kongers condemn police violence with human chain
Coming just over one year after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, last night’s International Women’s Day march in Bristol called out the institutions that continue to fail women. Beginning at 6pm on College Green yesterday (March 8), around 150 people marched first to Bridewell police station, then the family courts at Bristol Magistrates Court, and finally to Pryzm nightclub. Jess … Continue reading International Women’s Day March Calls Out Institutions Failing Women
A pause on College Green during the Kill The Bill protest on Saturday, April 17th, gave demonstrators the opportunity to discuss their emerging movement’s relationship with the police. The nine Kill The Bill protests that have now taken place in Bristol have brought together individuals and groups from a diversity of backgrounds in resistance against the government’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Yesterday’s … Continue reading Kill the Bill Movement Debates Relationship With Police
Kill The Bill. Protesters have carried those words through our city for three weeks now, showing their opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill. But who is your average Kill The Bill protester? Mayor Marvin Rees, local MPs, media figures, and other notable Bristol individuals have created a narrative of protesters as ‘politically illiterate’ outsiders, whose unacceptable and shameful behaviour amounts to … Continue reading Meet the Protesters Fighting to Kill the Bill
Bristol seventh Kill The Bill protest ended peacefully last night, Friday, April 10th. The protest, which saw a crowd of around 100 people march through the city centre for 2 hours. was a sedate affair in comparison to previous protests. After six large protests in three weeks, the tactics of both protesters and police have adapted, and Friday’s protest seemed to signal a stalemate between … Continue reading Stalemate At Seventh Kill The Bill Protest
The end of emergency coronavirus restrictions on protest saw Avon & Somerset police return to their established hands-off approach to policing as the fourth Kill the Bill protest took place on Tuesday evening. A&S police have built a reputation for loose protest policing tactics over the last few years, especially around Extinction Rebellion protests and last year’s Black Lives Matter protests, where police commander Andy … Continue reading Return to Protest as Normal for Fourth Kill The Bill Protest
