For five weeks now, protests have been held in cities across Britain against a proposed new policing bill. The law, if passed, would grant British police officers greater powers, most controversially with regard to how they deal with street protests. Critics say the proposed law constitutes an attack on democracy. The World’s Orla Barry reports from London.
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