Protestors have marched on Whitehall hours after social media accounts liked to Tommy Robinson claimed the activist was detained by police.
Tommy Robinson has been released on bail after being arrested in Kent under 'anti-terror laws', a day after organising a mass demonstration in London .
Kent Police said that on Sunday night that a man, 41, had been detained at the Channel tunnel in Folkestone under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, The Guardian reported. The Metropolitan Police said it did not recognise claims he had been detained and insisted there was 'no Met involvement'. Four protesters held a several-metre long printed banner that had a photo of Robinson with tape over his mouth and '#freetommy' beneath.
As she walked away, the crowd turned and pointed at her, repeatedly shouting 'oh Tommy Robinson', with one apparently teenage boy shouting 'f*** Palestine'.One man held up a T-shirt printed with a black-and-white photograph of Robinson with his mouth taped over and the text '#freetommy'. Ahead of the protest, the Met Police said: 'Met officers are not involved in the alleged arrest of Tommy Robinson and we are not aware of any links with the demonstration held yesterday in London.'We are aware of posts online encouraging people to protest in London in relation to this issue. Any such protest must be lawful. We will deploy officers as required to prevent serious disruption or disorder and to deal with any incidents.
The crowd was shown a documentary called Silenced - about a Syrian refugee Jamal Hijazi being assaulted by another pupil in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield - despite a judge previously calling it contempt of court. 'Officers on duty for the event couldn't reasonably have been aware of civil proceedings ongoing in relation to a particular film, but having now been made aware we're making further inquiries to determine what action we need to take.'
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