The police already have to decide which protests to get involved with and which to leave alone. Whatever they do, they will get criticized and ideally they would probably rather have less to do with policing protests and the bad publicity that comes with it.

Adam Wagner

Adam Wagner is a Doughty Street Chambers barrister, a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's panel of counsel.In 2019 he represented the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) in its case a formal investigation under section 20 of the Equality Act 2006 into whether the Labour Party had "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish".He is a specialist in human rights and public law, including COVID-19 lockdown rules. He wrote a book, Emergency State, which discusses human rights during the pandemic.

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