A vigil in honor of a young person who had recently passed away broke out into a riot in Swansea, Wales, in the United Kingdom, after police arrived to break up the gathering. Several cars were torched, and police cars were pelted with rocks, resulting in no arrests at the scene.
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Dozens of Irish Catholics gathered in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast in reaction to previous violence caused by Loyalist groups upset with the creation of the North Ireland Protocol. Police used water cannons on the crowd but failed to put down unrest for another few hours.
Loyalists in Belfast gathered against the North Ireland Protocol, which created customs between North Ireland and the rest of the UK, disrupting the Loyalist drug trade. Youth hijacked and burned a bus on Lanark Way, before then clashing with Catholics at the Lanark Way peacewall, where petrol bombs, rocks, and fireworks were exchanged before police arrived to break up the conflict.
Loyalist rioters in Carrickfergus, north of Belfast, burned dumpsters and trash on the street and threw petrol bombs at police to demand the repeal of the North Ireland Protocol, which sets up customs between Britain and North Ireland and disrupts the Loyalist drug trade.
Loyalist rioters in the Cloughfern roundabout of Newtownabbey burned dumpsters and clashed with police, demanding the repeal of the North Ireland Protocol which disrupted the drug trade by setting up customs between the British mainland and North Ireland for shipment of goods.
Dozens of Loyalist youth in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast, rioted against the creation of a customs process for goods being transported between Great Britain and North Ireland, which would disrupt the Loyalist drug trade. Cars were burned by the youth and petrol bombs were thrown at police as well, including an instance where one person set himself on fire.
Loyalist youth in Derry rioted for another night in opposition to the North Ireland protocol, setting up customs with mainland Britain for the transport of goods, which would disrupt the Loyalist drug trade. Petrol bombs were thrown at police vehicles and wooden pallets were set on fire and used to block roads.
Dozens of Loyalist youth in Belfast clashed with police in the area of Sandy Row and Bradbury Place after customs were set up between the British mainland and North Ireland, setting fire to bins, launching fireworks, and throwing fences, petrol bombs, and other objects at law enforcement.
A crowd of 40 Loyalist youth gathered in Derry in opposition to customs being set up for travel of goods between mainland Great Britain and North Ireland, disrupting the Loyalist drug trade. The crowd threw a petrol bomb and other objects at police vehicles before dispersing without any arrests made.
Around 1000 protesters in Bristol returned to the streets in opposition to a law that would expand police powers, restrict the right to protest, and also criminalize a nomadic lifestyle. Police brutally attacked the protesters, injuring many and deploying horses and dogs against the peaceful demonstrators.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Bristol after massive demonstrations against a law restricting the right to protest and to live nomadically in the United Kingdom. Police brutally cracked down on the gathering, trampling tributes to Sarah Everard and savagely beating people.
Dozens of anarchists in the Clapham Town of London took over a police station, resisting eviction and seeking to turn the squat into a site of social organization.
Hundreds of protesters in Newcastle took to the streets against a law passed in Great Britain which would enable police to gain even more powers to crack down on dissent against the government as well as greatly restrict the right to protest in England.
Thousands of protesters in Bristol clashed with police during a Kill the Bill demonstration in opposition to the restriction of the right to protest and the increase of police powers in Great Britain. Several police vehicles were torched, the police station's windows were smashed, and fireworks were shot at the scene.
Hundreds of protesters in Manchester returned to the streets for a 2nd time to demand the repeal of a law passed which would increase police powers and restrict the right for assembly and demonstration, which would set caps on noisemaking and many other restrictions on free speech.