The_DADDY Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Oh dear... Violent clashes have broken out between protesters and police after a large crowd gathered outside a mosque in Southport. Footage of the incident posted on social media showed missiles being thrown with men in balaclavas being chased by police armed with batons. Several men were shoved backwards by police as crowds surrounded a fleet of police vans. It comes as tensions run high in the town following yesterday’s stabbing attack, in which three children were killed while attending a Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport on Monday lunchtime. Police riot vans and officers are standing guard outside the mosque, amid chants of “No surrender!” and “English till I die!” from sections of the crowd. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, earlier warned against using the killing of three schoolgirls to “stir up division” after the Southport stabbings. A police helicopter has been heard overhead and riot police have reportedly been deployed. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/30/southport-attack-live-children-injured/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 5 minutes ago, The_DADDY said: Oh dear... Violent clashes have broken out between protesters and police after a large crowd gathered outside a mosque in Southport. Footage of the incident posted on social media showed missiles being thrown with men in balaclavas being chased by police armed with batons. Several men were shoved backwards by police as crowds surrounded a fleet of police vans. It comes as tensions run high in the town following yesterday’s stabbing attack, in which three children were killed while attending a Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport on Monday lunchtime. Police riot vans and officers are standing guard outside the mosque, amid chants of “No surrender!” and “English till I die!” from sections of the crowd. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, earlier warned against using the killing of three schoolgirls to “stir up division” after the Southport stabbings. A police helicopter has been heard overhead and riot police have reportedly been deployed. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/30/southport-attack-live-children-injured/ Disgusting . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamezone07 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Awful awful news RE Mosque Protests, you don't mess with Merseyside Police, as a former activist I know to my cost supporting Liverpool Dockers, we got hammered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 Not sure what good they think this will do. How sad. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I do know that there when the PM went up to Southport to thank the emergency services a small but very vocal minority of the public shouted "shame on you" at him. We still don't know whether this is mental ill health related, but sadly the mob have made up their minds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Absolute idiots, why are they attacking the police? Disgraceful. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 4 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: Absolute idiots, why are they attacking the police? Disgraceful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 4 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: Absolute idiots, why are they attacking the police? Disgraceful. It is disgraceful. Especially as it's the police and other emergency workers who have to deal with the bloodshed and the raw emotion from the families directly affected. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 12 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: Absolute idiots, why are they attacking the police? Disgraceful. Just as importantly, why are they surrounding a Mosque. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 10 minutes ago, Mister M said: I do know that there when the PM went up to Southport to thank the emergency services a small but very vocal minority of the public shouted "shame on you" at him. We still don't know whether this is mental ill health related, but sadly the mob have made up their minds Please don't have anyone jumping to conclusions that this is all locals. At least one fake name was been circulated yesterday, and later promoted by various bad actors for personal/political/religious reasons. This has been amplified by various extremist groups; some of it I've followed, so if I'm aware then the police, local and national, as well as security service(s) will be aware too. It's not as if the local police and people of Southport don't have enough on their plate at the moment. Out of respect, I'll refrain from posting anything on this thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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