nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220914-230441-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220914s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220914-230441-0 doi eng 342 23 Mead, David Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4718-6538 Giving Offence is no Offence Mead, David Verfassungsblog 2022-09-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, and thus the accession to the throne of King Charles III is an opportunity for reflection. However, what some have found here in the UK is that expressing republican sentiment in public has been met with a policing intervention – arrest or warning. This post considers the legality of expressing such views, and thus of the police response too, as well as some wider issues about the policing of protest, dissent and free speech. CC BY-SA 4.0 freedom of assembly Freedom of Speech Monarchy police Republicanism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/giving-offence-is-no-offence/ raw object