Black Lives Matter And Far-Right Protesters Clash With Each Other And Police Over Statues In London

Daily Mail: Far-right thugs attack police and fight running battles with violent BLM supporters in London as Boris Johnson condemns 'racist thuggery' in clashes driven by 1,000 troublemakers - while other huge anti-racism protests pass peacefully

* Hooligan groups and Black Lives Matter protesters descended on London today, leading to scenes of violence
* Far right fans and thugs clashed with police and BLM in Trafalgar & Parliament Squares and Charing Cross
* People were seen punching and kicking officers, and cops doled out their own punishment with batons
* Violence broke out between members of the two sides who managed to break the police's barricades
* Police chiefs imposed a 5pm curfew on all demonstrations in a bid to quell the unrest seen throughout the day
* Around 1,000 protesters ignored requests to go, instead staying in Trafalgar square as officers watched

Clashes between far-right thugs, Black Lives Matter supporters and riot police erupted in Trafalgar Square today and at Waterloo station as approximately 1,300 troublemakers remained in central London tonight after a 5pm curfew set by police.

Police chiefs imposed the 5pm curfew on all demonstrations in a bid to quell the unrest seen throughout the day as the anti-racist rally and a pro-statue counter-protest descended into hooliganism driven by a hard core of violent activists on both sides.

Videos from the protest showed hooligans who had joined the pro-statue demonstration attacking police, before clashes broke out between BLM activists and the far-right faction in Trafalgar Square.

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WNU Editor: I am not there, but I think there is a lot of truth to this .... Stop this trashing of monuments - and of our past: The Tories seem afraid of condemning it... but Churchill's biographer ANDREW ROBERTS says most Britons are shocked and repulsed by the Left's assault on the statues (Daily Mail).

More News On Today's Unrest In London

UK protests: Far-right demonstrators clash with London police – as it happened -- The Guardian
London protests: Demonstrators clash with police -- BBC
Boris Johnson condemns 'racist thuggery' of rightwing protesters in London -- The Guardian
Far-right activists scuffle with police by London monuments -- AP
Johnson condemns 'thuggery' after far-right protests in London -- Reuters
UK Black Lives Matter and far-right protesters clash with each other and police in London -- ABC News Online
Black Lives Matter protests: UK far-right groups clash with police -- DW
Far-right groups blamed for clash with London police -- UPI
Far-right protesters clash with police in London -- Al Jazeera
Right-wing & BLM protesters face off in London, police intervene (VIDEOS) -- RT

Bristh PM Says Protest Threats To Churchill And Other Statues Is Shameful

BBC: Protests threat to Churchill statue shameful, says Boris Johnson

Protecting a statue of Winston Churchill from potential vandalism by boarding it up is "absurd and shameful", the prime minister has said.

Boris Johnson said the war-time leader expressed opinions that were "unacceptable to us today" but remained a hero for saving the country from "fascist and racist tyranny".

Protesters daubed "was a racist" on the Parliament Square tribute last weekend.

Labour said the PM should address the concerns of those demonstrating.

Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds told the BBC he wanted to hear that Mr Johnson "understands the deep hurt and anger that black people in our country feel".

In a series of tweets, Mr Johnson said monuments like Churchill's were put up by previous generations as he urged people to "stay away" from demonstrations amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We cannot try to edit or censor our past," he wrote of moves to remove tributes to historical figures. "We cannot pretend to have a different history."

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WNU Editor: They have also boarded up Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi statues .... Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela's Statues In London Boarded Up Ahead Of Protests (NDTV).

More News On Churchill's Statue Being Boarded Up

Winston Churchill statue boarded up ahead of expected UK protests on Saturday -- Reuters
Winston Churchill statue boarded up ahead of planned protests in London amid calls to topple 'racist' monuments -- Evening Standard
Scaffolding placed around Winston Churchill statue and Cenotaph in London ahead of protests -- The Independent

Black Lives Matter Protesters Vandalize Abraham Lincoln Statue In London

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Zero Hedge: Not The Onion: BLM Protesters Vandalize Abraham Lincoln Statue In London

Days ago we noted the absurdity of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters defacing of all things Mahatma Gandhi's statue outside the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C., which led to an apology by the US ambassador to India Ken Juster who condemned the "awful violence and vandalism" against ironically enough a historical icon of peaceful, non-violent resistance.

Well, the mob of the super-woke (and apparently historically illiterate) has struck again - this time in Parliament Square, London, where a large statue of Abraham Lincoln was subject to vandalism amid weekend George Floyd inspired protests.

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WNU Editor: This observation is sadly correct .... So now we're full circle: the very man whose legacy is that he freed the slaves in America apparently isn't ideologically "pure" enough for 2020 (Zero Hedge).

George Orwell's 1984's 'Double Speak' Is Alive And Well In London

27 police officers injured during largely peaceful anti-racism protests in London https://t.co/vIq1VL1aiT

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 7, 2020

The mayor of London posts this public health message with a straight face this morning having just approved and supported a mass gathering with zero social distancing going ahead yesterday.
What a jaw dropping joke. https://t.co/mN42cDGnJO pic.twitter.com/cSiGc5pEMI

— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) June 7, 2020

WNU Editor: George Orwell was definitely way ahead of his time when he published his book 1984. For fans of George Orwell's 1984, you can download a free copy of his ebook from here.