Senior officers ordered 'unlawful' arrests of journalists at Just Stop Oil protests

Review finds arrests of four journalists covering climate protests last month were directed by senior officersSenior police officers ordered the potentially unlawful arrests of four journalists detained while covering climate protests on the M25, a review has found.The review makes clear that the arrests of the LBC reporter Charlotte Lynch, the press photographer Tom Bowles, the film-maker Rich Felgate and one other person who has not been named were not simply an overreaction or a mistake by police officers on the ground. Continue reading...