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UK police risk assessment before riots said far-right threat probably ‘minimal’



Documents show officers instead prioritised environmental and pro-Palestinian protests as potential hazardsIn the months leading up to this summer’s riots, police leaders believed that the threat of violence from far-right protests was likely to be “minimal”, official papers reveal.Documents from December 2023 show that police instead prioritised the pro-Palestinian movement, environmental protests, football matches and animal rights activism as potentially threatening public order. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/01/uk-police-npcc-risk-assessment-far-right-threat-minimal

Author : Vikram Dodd and Mark Wilding

Publish date : 2024-09-01 14:00:06

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