well, well, well.... 40% if those arrested last years summer (anti-migrant) riots were known to the police in relation to domestic violence/abuse & in some cases an even high proportion had been arrested for violent offences.

These are not people with legitimate concerns (see earlier post this morning) these are violent thugs being deployed by the hard right to cause terror.... so Yvette Cooper, how about proscribing these anti-migrant (real) terrorists?

#politics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse

Joan Smith develops the implications of the fact that 40% if those arrested during last years summer (anti-migrant) riots were known to the police in relation to domestic violence/abuse

As she concludes: 'As last summer’s scenes of burning buildings & police cars showed, dangerous men are not choosy about their targets. A year on, the link between private & public violence has never been clearer'!

#politics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/domestic-violence-crime-abusers-southport-protest