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| More Than 160 Anti-Islamist And Rival Protesters Arrested In London |
| 2013-09-08 |
[Jpost] Police tossed in the clinkYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! more than 160 people in east London on Saturday during rival protests by hundreds of anti-Islamist activists and thousands of counter-demonstrators near an area home to one of Britannia's largest Moslem communities. About 3,000 coppers were deployed to keep a group of 500 members of the right-wing English Defence League, or EDL, apart from a larger group of anti-racist protesters, including Unite Against Fascism. Police formed lines across the streets to enforce a ban on the EDL marching to the borough of Tower Hamlets, which has a large Moslem community, and to keep the counter-demonstrators in their assigned area. Police imposed the geographic restrictions on the EDL march as well as a time restriction, fearing a risk to public order. The EDL lost a court battle on Friday to overturn the ban. A police front man said about 150 counter-protesters were arrested after a group broke away and headed towards Tower Bridge where the EDL march was to end. He said 14 others, mainly from the EDL, were arrested during the day for violent disorder, possession of knives and fireworks, and one 30-year-old man for inciting others to break the conditions set for the protest. The EDL said on its Twitter account that the group's leader, Tommy Robinson, was arrested "for incitement". |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 The British are banned and Not allowed to be in a colonised area. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-09-08 05:36 |