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Protesters attacked police and set fire to two police vehicles in Bristol, England. At least two policemen have been taken to the hospital.
A police car explodes after being set on fire outside Bridewell Police Station in Bristol, England.
Protesters gathered in the southwestern England city on Sunday to protest the increased powers of the police to stop the demonstrations.
The protesters carried banners with slogans such as “The day democracy became dictatorship” and “We cannot be silenced so easily” and “Kill the bill.”
Hundreds of people gathered on College Green and then marched towards a police station on Nelson Street, where the protesters initially sat in peace.
“These scenes are embarrassing and will be widely condemned by people across the city. There can never be an excuse for violent riots. “
Two policemen were injured in the riots and have been taken to hospital. One with a broken arm and the other with a broken rib.
The Government’s draft law on police powers was recently passed by Parliament, and this gives the police more opportunities to, among other things, introduce time and sound restrictions for street protests.
Parliament’s approval of the proposal coincided in part with the notorious murder of a 33-year-old woman in south London in early March.
Subsequently, a 48-year-old policeman was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder.
The case caused great shock and anger towards the police. What many consider too abrupt an intervention against a crowd that, in violation of current covid restrictions, gathered for a moment of remembrance of the woman, also diluted anger against the police force.
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