"Criminal thugs": UK rioters jailed for violent disorder as counterprotests grow

With an increased police presence across the U.K., arrests were made in connection to violent disorder at anti-immigrant riots that followed fatal stabbings at a childrens’ school in Southport on July 29. According to police, more than 400 people have been arrested across the country, including many with criminal backgrounds. “We've got criminal damage, violence, weapons offences, football banning orders. These are criminal thugs,” said London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he believes the harsh sentences have “sent a very powerful message” and that he believes the justice “needs to continue.” “I was very keen that we were able to demonstrate that if you're involved in disorder, within days you'll be in the criminal justice system and some people starting long terms of imprisonment,” the Labour Party leader said. Pushing back against the racist demonstrations in the U.K., waves of counter-protesters have banded together against far-right ideologies to promote acceptance and unity among nationalities. The initial riots were triggered after the suspect who killed three young girls in the Southport attack was wrongly identified as an Islamist migrant online. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10685609/uk-unrest-canada-travel-advisory/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Southport #UK