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Anti-racist protesters flood U.K. streets in show of solidarity against far-right riots
Officers have been mobilized amid fears that the violence that has erupted elsewhere in Britain could spread to mostly Muslim neighborhoods in the capital.
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Aug. 7, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT / Updated Aug. 8, 2024, 2:29 AM CDT
By Henry Austin
LONDON — Britain was tense Wednesday as police and anti-racist campaigners, fearing a possible outbreak of the right-wing rioting s with large immigrant populations.
The handful of anti-immigrant demonstrators police encountered in neighborhoods of the capital like Finchley and Harrow were vastly outnumbered by hundreds of counterprotesters carrying signs that said "Refugees Welcome" and "Racists Out, Refugees In."
Anti-racist protesters flood U.K. streets in show of solidarity against far-right riots
Officers have been mobilized amid fears that the violence that has erupted elsewhere in Britain could spread to mostly Muslim neighborhoods in the capital.
Get more news
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Aug. 7, 2024, 2:08 PM CDT / Updated Aug. 8, 2024, 2:29 AM CDT
By Henry Austin
LONDON — Britain was tense Wednesday as police and anti-racist campaigners, fearing a possible outbreak of the right-wing rioting s with large immigrant populations.
The handful of anti-immigrant demonstrators police encountered in neighborhoods of the capital like Finchley and Harrow were vastly outnumbered by hundreds of counterprotesters carrying signs that said "Refugees Welcome" and "Racists Out, Refugees In."