Comment on Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter
FishFace@piefed.social 3 weeks agoWhat is “protest law” in the UK? Where on the world does free speech allow spraying slogans on public buildings?
Comment on Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter
FishFace@piefed.social 3 weeks agoWhat is “protest law” in the UK? Where on the world does free speech allow spraying slogans on public buildings?
Seefoo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He actually covers it in the closing arguments (the definition of protest law). I am not familiar with UK law, but it shouldn’t be hard to double check
FishFace@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Tip: protest law does not make many generally illegal things legal if you were protesting. It was a rhetorical question because the person above was implying it would do something it doesn’t.
itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It kinda does though. There is a thing called Civil Disobedience and that is protected actually.
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Protected by which law(s) in the UK? Or can you give an example of case law?