No doubt a minority but nevertherless wanton violence.
According to numbers being quoted by the Met, much less than half of one percent in fact.
Commander Broadhurst again: “Unfortunately we have had a group of approximately 500 criminals committing some disorder including throwing paint at Topshop in Oxford Street and at the police, and scaring the public who are trying to shop.”
Do the sums for yourself, Sky High. 500 out of a quarter of a million.
It does seem perverse to use the actions of such a miniscule minority – who had little or nothing to do with the actual protest organised by the TUC – to distort the fact of a such massive, peaceful and, above all, well-organised and well-policed demonstration.
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