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"Four people arrested while staging demonstrations in Bristol are to receive apologies and substantial damages from Avon and Somerset police after the force admitted its declaration of a blanket ban on protest was unlawful.
"The apologies, which followed a legal challenge, are thought to be the first time a police force has admitted it misapplied coronavirus powers to ban protests. In a statement agreed with the claimants, the police said the arrests had been made on the basis of a 'misunderstanding of the legal effect of the regulations' and admitted all four 'were unlawfully arrested'." [1.]
[1.]: Damien Gale, 'Police Admit Protest Ban Under Covid Powers Was Unlawful', Guardian, 22 April 2021.
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