Protestors in Camborne ask to be 'arrested' under Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Campaigners dressed in all black walked a coffin through the town describing it as the 'death' of peaceful protest
Climate and environmental protesters called on officers in Camborne to 'arrest' them during a protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
The campaigners marched through the town centre dressed in black holding a coffin on Wednesday afternoon (27th July), describing the new rules as the 'death' of their right to peaceful protest and calling on officers at the police station to use their powers to arrest them.
Alison, one of the protestors there, said: "If we don't have a right to peaceful protest then when things happen in our country and the world that are undemocratic, we don't have a way of expressing that.
"We're just ordinary people, we're not violent, we aren't aggressive at all. We're all peaceful people and we aren't actually causing any harm or have any intent of harm to others either. Yet what we would be doing would be illegal.
"I think people should be very frightened that if they are concerned about anything within their community or within the country then they've actually lost their right to protest against it".
The group all dressed in all black as they walked to the station before placing the coffin by the steps outside.
Some protesters attached themselves to one another and others chanted and whistled to ask the police to act if they found their act 'unreasonably disruptive' under the new Bill.
Neil Scott, protestor from St.Ives said: “I am simply outraged by the implications of this new Police Act.
"This time last week, the country was reeling from the shock of trying to understand what that means when we hit record temperature levels.
"The protest is to call out the ridiculousness of our governments response to this climate emergency. Rather than standing up and taking action they're putting in draconian rules".
Neil continued: "Time and time again we hear MPs and Councillors saying how much they defend the right to protest but time and time again we see them doing the exact opposite by doing all in their powers to silence the voice of protest".
The police were approached for a comment by the protestors but declined.