Inspection: Police home visits to demonstrators may be counterproductive

The inspection also notes that society has different expectations about what the police should do during demonstrations.

There has been a lot of talk lately, and rightly so, about police home visits to activists. People are visited at home by the police following a demonstration or a post on social media. This is an intimidating practice that makes people feel unsafe to contribute to the public debate. This not only harms these people, but we all lose. These visits are not an isolated incidentSuppose you exercise your right to demonstrate and a week later the poli…