Pro-Palestine protesters march on Newcastle amid fears demos could disrupt Remembrance weekend
PRO-Palestine protesters have today taken to the streets of London and Newcastle amid fears demonstrations could disrupt Remembrance weekend.Protesters were heard chanting and "Gaza, stop the massacre" and "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" as they waved flares in the air.
The first was arrested after they were seen displaying a placard that could incite hated with the other two breached conditions of Section 12 of the Public Order Act and assaulted an officer.
"This is a weekend with huge national significance. We will use all the powers available to us to ensure anyone intent on disrupting it will not succeed." "Nobody should blame us for the things we do,” he said. "On October 7, October ten, October one million – everything we do is justified.”
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