FSF: Campaign against Police Tactics

Fan Mail - The FSF Newsletter (Campaign special) Watching football is not a crime!The more observant among you may have noticed that the FSF usually send Fan Mail on the first of the month, so what’s this all about then? We’re seriously concerned with the increasing numbers of complaints we’re getting about police abuse of existing laws, and specifically, Section 27 from the Violent Crime Reduction Act of 2006. Section 27 gives police power to serve banning orders on the spot, to whole groups of supporters, whether an offence has been committed or not.This issue is so serious that the FSF have teamed up with Liberty to fight for the rights of football supporters - Watching football is not a crime! We intend taking this to the very top and are delighted to announce that Liberty’s solicitors will be working with us to... [read full story]                    

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