A tale of two protests
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MailOnline: Nine arrested after masked mob's march against Muslim extremists turns violent[^]
... But chaos broke out when a crowd of around 500 ran away from police who had been escorting the protest along its route, and ran down side streets towards the town centre. Officers on horseback and police dogs were deployed, and policemen drew batons to defend themselves. ...
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MailOnline: Nine arrested after masked mob's march against Muslim extremists turns violent[^]
... But chaos broke out when a crowd of around 500 ran away from police who had been escorting the protest along its route, and ran down side streets towards the town centre. Officers on horseback and police dogs were deployed, and policemen drew batons to defend themselves. ...
You imply different policing tactics for pro-Hamas and anti-Muslim demonstrations. You did not quote from your link Orderly walk backwards: Not so long ago I happened to be in Kensington when a Gaza demonstration by Hamas supporters was going on near the Israeli Embassy. The police were there in huge numbers and they had shut Kensington Road and Kensington High Street to traffic. Somebody must have failed to plan properly for the march shown in the video.
Bob Emmett