Several thousand Britons gathered in Bristol to protest the government’s bill to increase police powers to quell protests, facing iron fists by security forces.
The protests escalated into violence after police and security forces intervened in a demonstration of several thousand people against a bill to increase the repressive powers of the police.
According to Reuters, thousands of people in the southwestern city of Bristol rallied in the streets on Sunday evening to protest a London government bill to increase police power to quell protests.
According to the report, police dressed in full riot equipment using batons and shields to attack the protesters and tried to disperse them.
The protests escalated into violence after police and security forces intervened in a demonstration of several thousand people against a bill to increase the repressive powers of the police.
British police claims that protesters do not just ban such gatherings violated the quarantine restrictions but also the health guidelines such as social spacing and the use of masks also did not follow.
According to Reuters, protesters carried placards reading “The day democracy became a dictatorship” and “We cannot be silenced so easily” and protested against the new British government bill.
Published images of the demonstration show protesters throwing incendiary objects at security forces and setting fire to a police car.