No evidence of 'two-tier policing' in handling of Southport riots, MPs say
- MPs stated the police response to the Southport riots was "entirely appropriate" and found no evidence of "two-tier policing" during the investigation of the riots following the tragic murder of three girls.
- Over 1,800 arrests were made, primarily for serious public order offences, with claims that misinformation fueled further disorder after the Southport incident.
- The Home Affairs Committee urged a review of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, emphasizing the need for police to share information better to prevent the spread of misinformation during crises.
- Committee chairwoman Dame Karen Bradley emphasized that organized disorder was met with a robust police response and stated that any implied equivalence between organized disorder and peaceful protests is "simply wrong.
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Fear and loathing in Liverpool
In August last year, a library was burned down in Liverpool. Just days earlier, three children had been murdered in a frenzied knife attack by a second-generation teenaged migrant a few miles up the road in Southport, sparking violent protests in many of the deindustrialised, depressed towns of northern England. In Rotherham, a Holiday Inn housing asylum seekers was attacked by a mob. In Burnley, Muslim graves were desecrated. In Middlesbrough, …
Fact-check: MPs’ report finds right-wing claims of ‘two-tier policing’ of Southport riots were baseless
The Home Affairs Select Committee has published a report today revealing that the right-wing claims of ‘two-tier policing’ in the aftermath of the Southport riots last summer were unfounded. The MPs’ report rejected accusations that those who rioted after the killing of young girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were policed more strongly because of their supposed political views. After Axel Rudakubana attacked the yo…
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