Police in the United Kingdom have arrested hundreds of people who took part in the anti-mass migration protests sparked by the killing of three young girls in Southport. One of those arrested is a boy aged 12.
The boy was arrested by Merseyside Police for taking part in a protest on July 30. He is one of three males to be arrested in connection with the violence that broke out during a protest in Southport the day after the three girls were stabbed to death, allegedly by a migration-background teenager born to Rwandan parents, in the seaside town.
Another 12-year-old was also arrested in connection with protests in Manchester, and pleaded guilty to charges he engaged in violent behavior on July 31 and August 3.
Since the wave of anti-mass migration protests across the United Kingdom, leftist Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his chief prosecutor have threatened draconian measures against those directly taking part in protests as well as those accused of inciting violence or “stirring up hatred” on social media.
A 55-year-old woman in Cheshire was arrested simply for sharing “inaccurate information” on social media after she posted mistakenly about the identity of the suspect in the Southport stabbings. However, no such action has been taken against far-left HOPE Not Hate organizer Nick Lowles or Labour lawmaker Josh Fenton-Glyn, who spread false reports about the “far right” throwing acid on a Muslim woman.
Jack Montgomery contributed to this report.