They appear to require very little evidence and almost amount to pre-crime. He tweeted: "We should also review the viability of charges like 'conspiracy to cause a public nuisance'. In a second tweet, he called for certain charges authorised by the Public Order Act to be reviewed as it appears that they amount to pre-crime - the idea that the occurrence of a crime can be anticipated before it happens. "Changes to the law have engendered an attitude that peaceful protest should be viewed with suspicion." "Her day was ruined as a direct outcome of giving police too many powers," he said. Mr Davis, a former Brexit secretary and Tory party chairman, tweeted that he "feels very sorry" for Ms Chambers. The i paper reported today that Alice Chambers, 36, was sitting on a stool along the Mall with her camera, but was taken into custody because "she was stood next to a group of Just Stop Oil protesters". David Davis has spoken out against the government's recently passed Public Order Act after it emerged that a royal superfan was arrested at the coronation simply because she happened to be standing alongside protesters.
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