Police 'displayed immense bravery in the face of extreme violence' but were unprepared for summer riots, report finds
Police 'displayed immense bravery in the face of extreme violence' but were unprepared for summer riots, report finds
Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke warned that another wave of “serious disorder” was likely in the next years with “far more tensions across communities and far more ways of sharing information”, unless policing steps up to “counter disinformation and misinformation”.
“All of them took place before the Southport killings and subsequent outbreaks of widespread disorder across the UK.” that the Southport riots were “policed differently” to other protests as they were “violent disorder”. Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon known as Tommy Robinson is arrested by police during a demonstration in London on 26 November, 2023 The report found that police failed to tackle the misinformation and disinformation that ignited the riots.
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