A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said its officers honestly believed that all four had been committing an offence under coronavirus regulations. “However, we now accept we misinterpreted the regulations and that the arrests and the issuing of FPNs were unlawful,” the force said. CBS Chicago journalist Marissa Parra said an officer used a baton to swat her phoneout of her hand while she was reporting on the scene. WBEZ journalist Linda Lutton said her two daughters were pepper sprayedand had their bike, roller skates and bags taken by officers. Lightfoot also criticized police, saying she was “not happy” with some of the things she saw as protesters were injured and reporters faced interference from officers. Katy Watts, Liberty’s lawyer, said the judgment “takes away vital protections that empower everyone to be able to stand up for what they believe in … By placing weight on the value of an object in deciding if human rights can be taken into account, we feel that the court is shifting the balance too far away from our essential human rights.”

The temple’s five grand halls house a number of beautiful statues, including an 18-meter statue of Maitreya Buddha that entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1993 as the world’s tallest statue made out of a single piece of wood. These religious relics, combined with its unique and magnificent architecture, make Lama Temple well worth a visit during your stay in Beijing. Asked what she made of those comments, Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds told ITV News: "I won’t condone any violence and vandalism. Fittingly, Qufu is home to the country’s largest and most important Confucian temple, which was established in honor of the famous sage not long after his death. Over the centuries, numerous emperors and other important figures have made pilgrimages to Qufu to venerate and offer sacrifices in honor of Confucius. Rebuilt and renovated extensively throughout its long history, today’s Temple of Confucius is among the largest of all temple complexes in China, consisting of nearly 500 different rooms spread across an area of 16,000 square meters. This temple, immense in both size and significance, is unmissable for those interested in the Confucian tradition. When protest leaders attempted to storm the Radio Budapest building to broadcast a list of their liberation demands, they were stopped by the Soviet Secret Police. The crowd grew unruly, the police opened fire, and all hell broke loose. Central Budapest was a war zone for the months to come, the streets lined with burning cars and police barricades. That statue was controversial and offensive to many and it’s been a matter of debate in that city for many decades and that debate should have been settled through democratic means, with the mayor, the council taking a decision on what to do.

I don’t really intervene in criminal matters like that – that’s not for me to go and be a cheerleader to the police in any criminal investigations.”

We’ve seen those protests, which have been overwhelmingly peaceful, occur because people are hurting. They are hurting deeply and we haven’t seen that reflected from the UK’s leader. After Friday, police will now “assume that there may be mobs working with peaceful protesters to inflict violence” at all protests, Brown said. Today, the temple is made up of various halls that are full of ancient statues, including a famous jade statue of Sakyamuni Buddha. White Horse Temple also houses beautifully manicured gardens, which truly come alive every April during Luoyang’s annual Peony Festival.Tom Wainwright, from Garden Court chambers, who represented one of the Colston defendants, said the impact of the decision was unclear “because it’s difficult to tell what a court will decide is significant and insignificant damage and what they will interpret as violent in the context of damage to property”. Downing Street said people can campaign for statues to be removed, "but what happened yesterday was a criminal act and when the criminal law is broken that is unacceptable and the police will want to hold to account those responsible", Policing minister Kit Malthouse flatly described the toppling of the statue as "a crime" and warned prosecutions may follow. He added that the "law of the land applies to me, to you and to everybody that was on that demonstration". Perhaps no figure from Chinese history is better known than Confucius, and his teachings inspired a religious and philosophical tradition that has gone onto influence the very fabric of everyday life in China. There’s no better place to witness and appreciate the immense significance of Confucius’s legacy than his hometown of Qufu, a small city in the eastern province of Shandong.