Riots break out across England as 'statue protectors' clash with cops and Black Lives Matter rallies
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dailyrecord.co.ukBlack Lives Matter protesters. Ugly scenes spread across London, Newcastle and Bristol today as demonstrators clashed with police following a spate of statues, figures and memorials being vandalised across the UK in recent weeks.
In London, several hundred demonstrators, mostly white men, attended the protest organised by far-right groups, including Britain First, which claimed they wanted to protect statues such as Winston Churchill from vandalism.
But fights erupted in areas near the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square, as demonstrators repeatedly assailed officers with foul-mouthed chants and missiles, smoke grenades and flares.Shards of glass were strewn along the streets close to the Cenotaph on Whitehall after bottles were.
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