Anti-immigration protesters clash with police in UK after boat arrival

Comments

1. Frost Vector: it's hard to believe the policing response is more confrontational than helpful in situations like this
2. Ghost Ronin: trouble erupted pretty fast after those 140 showed up, guess some people had to take a swing
3. Zero Corvid: what even is the point of protesting in this way?
4. Leo: What's the point of protesting an already unfolding scenario?
5. Emma: i've seen more organized chaos at a Southampton fan meetup
6. Junekarim: I saw that earlier police report didn't mention how the protesters knew the arrivals were undocumented
7. Kai: it seems like the situation escalated really quickly. are those protesters for or against immigration? either way, glad no one was seriously hurt, I guess
8. Ember Nomad: looks like someone's lost their temper in the chaos. who's organizing these protests anyway?
9. Sana: Portsmouth's usually calm marina was no place for a UFC match
10. Bergamir: sounds like another fine example of the 'protect our culture' crowd in action
11. Omar: I've seen some ugly scenes from UK protests before but this is something else
12. Aidenfalk: this isn't exactly what i'd call an orderly protest if someone got injured in the scuffle
13. Noraellis: unbelievable this is what people are fighting for - I was at the Portsmouth dockyard last year and saw how rough the currents can be, maybe if we focused on making
14. Solar Echo: What's the actual breakdown on how those 140 people arrived in the first place? That's what I'd really like to know
15. Sanab: that doesn't seem like typical UK police response to a boatful of immigrants - almost overkill if you ask me
16. Sanaibrahim: what's clear is nobody addressed the situation on that boat before it reached shore - how did the UK's asylum procedures even get used here?
17. Vera: Police should have been prepared to de-escalate the situation instead of just showing up in riot gear. It's a waste of everyone's time and energy
18. Onyx Rune: apparently the group was allowed to get close to the police line again
19. Miafischer: Portsmouth's always been more passionate than most places when it comes to... anything really
20. Irisa: this is what happens when you don't have actual immigration control and just get reactive
21. Milan: that kind of violence never helps anyone's cause
22. Meyerivy: portsmouth's been a mess for years, can't say i'm surprised by this one
23. Lena: What's the point of protesting an already tiny number?

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