How Disinformation Fed a Far-Right Riot After a Deadly Stabbing in England
More than 50 police were injured in an outbreak of violence driven by false reports that the suspect in the stabbing attack on a children’s dance class was a migrant
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Plans for at least 15 protests have been made as police forces in Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and PSNI step up patrols, while terrifying scenes have broken out in Sunderland city centre this evening
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-riots-live-least-15-33386398
@ecksmc I don't know whether I'm angry or just deeply sad, but either way all I want to do is fucking cry when I see this crap.
@ecksmc I hope Nigel Farage is held to account for stoking this.
@ecksmc The riots occurred 50 miles from the site of the stabbing in a seaside town in Lancashire.
From watching some riot video, it looked like a collection of the flotsam and jetsam of English malehood, all out looking for an excuse to smash stuff up.
@gshevlin did you read the article ?
"Police clashed with protesters on Whitehall, close to Downing Street, during a demonstration following the fatal stabbings of three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday"
There wes clashing in Southport as well as London
@gshevlin here's a live BBC feed
police van has been set alight, with bottles and wheelie bins thrown at officers, in ongoing clashes in Southport
@ecksmc The nativists are still ranting, because he is British by birth but his family is not From Here....
More than 100 arrests in London protest after Southport attack
Demonstrators were seen launching flares towards the gates of Downing Street and at a statue of Winston Churchill.
People could be heard chanting phrases such as "stop the boats" and "save our kids"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng1254ndeo