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UK coronavirus response criticized as people are filmed by drones (CNN UK)

London (CNN) — Drones filming couples as they walk their dogs through the countryside. Drivers sent to court after being spotted on the road. A lawmaker admonished in public for dropping in on his father’s 78th birthday.

The coronavirus crisis has upended norms in almost every Western society, giving rise to ways of life that would have seemed unimaginably Orwellian just a month ago.

But in the United Kingdom, there is a unique growing concern around draconian tactics and overreach by police forces since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced lockdown measures on March 23

To read the entire article from CNN, click https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/uk/uk-police-coronavirus-tactics-gbr-intl-scli/index.html