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Anti-lockdown and Million Mask March protestors clash with police in London over the new coronavirus restrictions

Raven Saunt – Mail Online Nov 5, 2020

  • Metropolitan Police were were called to Trafalgar Square during protest against second national lockdown 
  • Some attendees carried placards as others filmed police while shouting ‘freedom’ and ‘take our country back’
  • Officers policing demonstrations in the capital on Thursday made 104 arrests for breaching Covid regulations

Anti lockdown protest London, Nov 5, 2020. Click to enlarge

Anti-lockdown and Million Mask March protestors have clashed with police in London over the new coronavirus restrictions.

Officers were called to Trafalgar Square, London, earlier this evening during a protest against the second national lockdown as well as the law around wearing masks.

Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers, 73, stood among the crowds with a megaphone despite being fined £10,000 for his part in a previous rally.

Officers policing demonstrations in the capital on Thursday made 104 arrests with the majority of arrests were for breaches of the Covid-19 regulations.

Many of the demonstrators carried placards – one of which read: ‘No more lockdown, no more cover ups, no more masks, no more lies!’ Click to enlarge

Police vans lined the Strand as both the City of London and Metropolitan Police forces urged protesters to go home with one officer shouting at a group: ‘You are breaking the law.’

Many of the demonstrators carried placards – one of which read: ‘No more lockdown, no more cover ups, no more masks, no more lies!’

Other attendees filmed officers while shouting ‘freedom’ and ‘take our country back’.

 

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