#wrongful-arrest

#wrongful-arrest

But no: What you find instead in the case of Larry Bushart is one of the most plain and egregious examples of police overreach and punishment of free speech you'll hopefully ever encounter. The injustice of it is both frightening and deeply relevant to our current sociopolitical landscape ... as is the curious indifference of national news, who seemed to largely miss the story entirely.

Hertfordshire Police originally defended its decision to detain the couple but has now agreed a 20,000 payout, the Times reports. The force admitted a legal criteria for arrest was not made out and formally accepted liability for wrongful arrest and detention. Mr Allen, a Times Radio producer, said: We're very pleased Hertfordshire Constabulary have recognised, albeit belatedly, that our arrests were unlawful.