{"id":782317,"date":"2026-02-22T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/782317\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:29:16","slug":"uk-police-arrest-several-as-fights-break-out-at-britain-first-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/782317\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Police Arrest Several as Fights Break Out at Britain First March"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Islam Times – UK Police arrested 11 people in Manchester city centre as violence breaks out between far-right protesters and counter-demonstrators.Supporters of the far-right group Britain First met outside Piccadilly station from 12pm ahead of a \u201cmarch for remigration and mass deportations\u201d, The Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, counter-demonstrators, including Resist Britain First and Stand Up To Racism met at Piccadilly Gardens at 11.15am.<\/p>\n

Police held the Britain First march back for an hour, with the march setting off just after 1pm, while a 10-hour dispersal order was issued in the city centre.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the planned marches, pictures emerged of protesters clashing with police as fights broke out along the routes of the rallies.<\/p>\n

Counter protesters were also seen sitting in the road to try in an attempt to stop the Britain First march through the city centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police confirmed made 11 arrests in relation to public order, breach of peace, assault on an emergency worker, assault and breach of a dispersal notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of those, two were subsequently de-arrested. The other nine remain in custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to the protests, Manchester city council leader Bev Craig earlier said Manchester \u201cdoes not welcome Britain First to our city\u201d and urged people to \u201csend a clear message that hate has no place in our city\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement, council leader Bev Craig said, \u201cWe understand the alarm and distress that comes when a group like Britain First, which is widely regarded as a far-right hate group, chooses to gather in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when groups promoting division seek attention, our strength comes from standing united – celebrating our diversity and supporting one another,\u201d Craig added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet’s come together and send a clear message that hate has no place in our city,\u201d Craig said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Resist Britain First said, \u201cBritain First’s ‘March for Remigration’ is a racist dogwhistle calling for a white supremacist ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom by the forced expulsion of non-white people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBritain First’s previous march led to multiple recorded instances of racism, homophobia, and violence by attendees of the march,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call on people across the UK to come to Manchester to resist this racism on our streets and show that you do not support this bigotry,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Assistant Chief Constable at Greater Manchester Police Rick Jackson said, \u201cManchester was expected to be extremely busy today, with multiple planned protests in the city centre as well as several football matches.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put extra officers on duty to support people’s right to protest peacefully while reducing the impact on the wider public,\u201d Jackson added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the efforts of our officers on the ground and the planning done with our partners, hundreds of people from a range of groups were able to come together safely, with no significant issues reported,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreater Manchester is a place where people can confidently and lawfully express their views, while ensuring that residents, workers, and visitors can go about their day feeling safe,\u201d he added. \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times – UK Police arrested 11 people in Manchester city centre as violence breaks out between far-right…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[172487,5176,47657,17449,27616,7747,25047,52757,54969,748,36296,2737,34050,228157,393,169528,83494,4923,4884,256,41,2465,10435,1144,19335,457,529,33791,28216,712,124092,15822,16,15,8520,1764],"class_list":["post-782317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-172487","tag-and","tag-arrest","tag-arrested","tag-as","tag-at","tag-between","tag-break","tag-breaks","tag-britain","tag-centre","tag-city","tag-counter","tag-demonstrators","tag-england","tag-far","tag-fights","tag-first","tag-great-britain","tag-in","tag-islam","tag-manchester","tag-march","tag-northern-ireland","tag-out","tag-people","tag-police","tag-protesters","tag-right","tag-scotland","tag-several","tag-times","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-violence","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116116414094578492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}