Anti-Austerity Protests: UK Cops Release Images Of 8 People
The British police have made public the images of eight people who were involved in an anti-austerity protest that followed the general elections in that country. They will be interrogating these people in connection with that protest.
Bail has been granted to the people who were arrested as further inquiries are on into the incident. 15 people who allegedly caused violent mayhem were arrested as were three who were held for assault.
The Metropolitan Police apprised that while one officer was treated at a hospital for a suspected dislocated shoulder, a staff member needed hospital treatment for a cut lip after being hit by an object. Acting Cdr Colin Morgan, of the Public Order Command, remarked: "A number of officers were injured during the disorder and the Women In World War II Memorial was damaged with graffiti referring to "Tory scum." "I'm urging anyone who recognises these men to come forward and assist us with our investigation," he said.
The general elections were conducted in U.K. on May 7 this year and it led to the Conservative party emerging victorious on its own standing, thus giving Britain the first all Tory cabinet in about 20 years. The party secured a majority of the seats in the lower house of the British parliament, the House of Commons.
The primary points of the Conservative Party's platform are the reduction of welfare funding and more responsible public spending.
Barely two days later, on May 9, anti-austerity protests sparked in Sheffield and Cardiff. Attendance was confirmed by nearly 1,500 people on the event's Facebook page. People held placards that sloganeered, "Get the Tories out" and "Fight the cuts." The protests happened outside the headquarters of the Conservative Party.
According to eyewitnesses, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett also participated in the rally reflecting the protests in slicing welfare funding. Following the huge protests, the cops said though most of the people were non-violently protesting, yet some of them whose intention was to create havoc deliberately disrupted the scenario and caused ruckus.
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