The Police in London Have Made 25 judgments at the Demonstration by Anti-Immigration and Anti-Islam Activist Tommy Robinson. 26 Officers were injured by the violence used by some of the demonstrators.
Accordance to an estimate by the London Police, between 110,000 and 150,000 people responded to a call from Robinson to Come to a ‘Unite the Kingdom’ Rally. They Marched Towards The British Parliament.
Tech Billionaire and Former Trump Ally Elon Musk Addressed the Demonstrators via A Video Link. Musk Has Repeatedly Expressed His Support for Far-Right Movements in Various Countries.
There was also a counter-demonstration, “A March Against fascism and racism,” which is about 5,000 people attended.
Duration the speech by the far-right Robinson, who has Convictions for, Among Other Things, Assault, Public Disorder, Fraud, and Stalking, There Were Confrontations with the Police.
Police Have To Call In Extra Manpower
Several Protesters Tried to Break through the Police Cordons. They Threw Bottles and Other Objects at Officers. Riot Police then intervene, including officers on Horseback. Initially, 1,600 Police Officers Were deployed to Manage the Demonstrations, But That Number Increased.
A goal of the right-wing protesters was to reach the counter demonstrators, as shown by a Map Shared by the Police on X. It shows that Robinson’s supporters deviated from their route and tried to reach the protesters on the ower side of whithall. There they were stopped. Officers are trying to create a safe exit route for the counter demonstrators.
Minister Shabana Mahmood of the Interior and the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Expressed Their Support for the Police On X and CondemNed the Violent Demonstrators.
On X, the Police also Reported that more judgment may follow in the coming days. “We have seen many more people commit offenses,” Said the London Police’s X account. “We will find them, just it is not today.”