LONDON (Reuters) – Scuffles broke out in London on Saturday between far-right activists, Black Lives Matter protesters and police trying to keep the two sides apart.
In Trafalgar Square and surrounding opportunities, small bands of protesters scrambled, tossed bottles and cans and triggered fireworks as riot authorities with canines and horses lined up.
Far-right groups shouted racial slurs at the anti-racism protesters, and some attempted to utilize metal crash barriers to break through police lines.
” It is clear that far-right groups are causing violence and disorder in main London, I advise individuals to stay away,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan stated on Twitter.
Interior minister Priti Patel knocked “thoroughly undesirable thuggery” and stated any criminals of violence or vandalism would face the full force of the law.
Statues of historical figures including Winston Churchill were boarded up ahead of time to avoid them from becoming flashpoints or from being ruined by protesters who state such monuments celebrate racists.
There have actually been demonstrations around the globe versus racism and police abuses since the death of African Amer