In pictures: Kill The Bill protests enter their second week in Manchester
Police arrested 18 protesters on Saturday
Ben McGowanOver the weekend protesters in Manchester joined thousands across the country, as Kill The Bill protests entered their second week of demonstrations. The protests come as the government aims to pass a controversial policing bill, which will limit rights to protest and increase police powers.
Following the fall-out from the Bristol protests, the atmosphere in Manchester appeared tenser than last week but remained entirely peaceful.
After gathering in St Peter’s Square, protesters blocked roads and tram lines throughout the city. At around 5pm as the protest had largely dispersed, around 6o police officers moved into forcefully arrest those remaining. 18 arrests were made in total, the majority of them believed to be people under 21, according to legal observers.
Here’s everything that happened at Manchester’s Kill The Bill protest this weekend:
Protestors marched from St Peter’s square after a rally
Protestors sat down and blocked traffic at Portland Street
Protestors also blocked traffic around Piccadilly Gardens
For eight minutes and 46 seconds people took the knee at the George Floyd memorial – the same amount of time a police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for
Some protestors managed to make it on to a roof near Oxford Street
The march continued through the city for several hours
Some started dancing in the streets as the sit-ins wore on
One protester being dragged away by police (Credit: Henry Foster)
Dozens of police march towards sitting protestors (Credit: Henry Foster)
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