Shoppers in Stirling were subjected to abuse during a “frightening” anti-vaccination rally that saw hundreds protesters make their way through the city in an “unauthorised procession” at the weekend, it has been claimed.
The event was organised to support calls for an end to Covid restrictions and vaccine passports. Protesters gathered at the city’s Kings Park on Saturday before making their way towards the city centre where a section of activists, understood to have been around 200, broke away from the main rally and entered the Thistles shopping centre.Whilst there, it’s claimed that mothers were forced to flee with their children as protesters hurled abuse at onlookers and one demonstrator is even alleged to have snatched a mask from a stranger’s face.However, Police Scotland have said that “no incidents took place and no arrests were made” at the “unauthorised procession”.Chief Inspector Gill Marshall, Area Commander for Stirling, said: “Officers were made aware of a planned protest in Stirling city centre on Saturday, January 15.
The crowd that gathered began an unauthorised procession and a decision was taken to manage this appropriately, to ensure public safety and minimise disruption to the community.“Police Scotland is a rights-based organisation that puts our values of integrity, fairness, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights at the heart of everything we do.“This means that we will protect the rights of people who wish to peacefully protest or counter-protest, balanced against the rights of the wider community.”Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Scared onlookers took to social media to detail the incident at the Thistles.An eyewitness inside the Thistles at the time told
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