{"id":121058,"date":"2023-11-06T19:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121058"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:20:27","slug":"violence-fears-spark-police-plea-for-protesters-to-cancel-remembrance-day-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/violence-fears-spark-police-plea-for-protesters-to-cancel-remembrance-day-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence fears spark police plea for protesters to cancel Remembrance day mar…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the moment pro-Palestine protesters clash with police in London<\/h3>\n

Police chiefs have urged pro-Palestinian protesters to cancel their rally on Remembrance Day as the risk of violence and disorder in London is \u201cgrowing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Scotland Yard said it is \u201cnot appropriate to hold any protests\u201d this weekend as families pay their respects to Britain\u2019s war dead who sacrificed their lives.<\/p>\n

But the Met\u2019s pleas were rejected by organisers and the demonstrations are set to go ahead \u2013 unless police chiefs ask Home Secretary Suella Braverman to intervene and ban the marches.<\/p>\n

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: “The risk of violence and disorder linked to breakaway groups is growing. This is of concern ahead of a significant and busy weekend in the capital.<\/p>\n

“Our message to organisers is clear: Please, we ask you to urgently reconsider. It is not appropriate to hold any protests in London this weekend.”<\/p>\n

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The Met warned violence has increased during protests in recent weeks, as the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies.<\/p>\n

Officers said yobs \u201cwho have no interest\u201d in the protests themselves are “often” behind the disorder.<\/p>\n

Four police officers were attacked with fireworks during Saturday’s pro-Palestine protest after thousands of demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n

Protesters also climbed on the square’s famous fountains as the group waved flags and banners. There were six arrests.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtect our monuments\u201d groups have declared on social media they will be out this weekend to prevent pro-Palestinian protesters from scaling or desecrating memorials.<\/p>\n

This has prompted fears of violent clashes between rival groups, with members of the \u201cfar-right\u201d also believed to be planning to travel to the capital on Saturday.<\/p>\n

If the protests do go ahead, police will throw a ring of steel around key sites in the capital.<\/p>\n

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Rick Prior, of the Metropolitan Police Federation, told the Daily Express: \u201cIt is going to be very difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned officers are going to get injured or the public who are not there demonstrating are going to get caught up in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst I understand the right to protest in a free democracy, there still has to be consideration to allow people to pay their respects in peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned about the safety of officers and that they will be targeted, assaulted or have things thrown at them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only see it being far worse this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend is very solemn for everyone. Families up and down the country will be paying their respects.<\/p>\n

\u201cSituations where you have raw emotion are where you tend to have conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mr Prior stopped short of saying Scotland Yard chiefs should call for the protests to be banned.<\/p>\n