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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd and Mark Wilding

UK police risk assessment before riots said far-right threat probably ‘minimal’

Three riot police officers stand near a discarded union flag in Sunderland
Riot police deployed during far-right unrest in Sunderland on 2 August. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

In the months leading up to this summer’s riots, police leaders believed that the threat of violence from far-right protests was likely to be “minimal”, official papers reveal.

Documents from December 2023 show that police instead prioritised the pro-Palestinian movement, environmental protests, football matches and animal rights activism as potentially threatening public order.

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