'Kill the bill': surge in Bristol riot charges prompts alarm over civil liberties

MP says police seem to be punishing people for challenging them during clashes in the city last year Dozens of mainly young "kill the bill" protesters have been charged with riot - the most serious public order offence - following clashes in Bristol last year. The decision by Avon and Somerset police and the Crown Prosecution Service appears to be the biggest use of riot charges against demonstrators since the 1980s. The force launched one of its largest investigations after a confrontation betw...