Raise the Colours founder charged with 14 offences
Ryan Bridge, the founder of the activist group Raise the Colours, has been charged with 14 offences including racially aggravated harassment and assault. The charges follow a period of placing flags on public infrastructure, leading to legal injunctions from local councils.
Why it matters
The case highlights the legal boundaries of political activism and the tension between public protest and local government safety regulations.
Image source, PA Media Image caption, Bridge is due before magistrates on 3 November
The founder of an activist group which has been putting Union Jack and St George's Cross flags on lampposts has been charged with a string of offences including racially aggravated harassment, threatening behaviour and assault.
Ryan Bridge, 45, of Blackwell, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, has been erecting flags in the Midlands and the south of England since last summer as part of Raise the Colours.
Thames Valley Police said Bridge had been charged with 14 offences from a two-month period in Oxfordshire earlier this year.
He is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 3 November.
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