{"id":118055,"date":"2021-03-22T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=118055"},"modified":"2021-03-22T22:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:01:19","slug":"kill-the-bill-protest-thugs-trashed-cars-belonging-to-nhs-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/kill-the-bill-protest-thugs-trashed-cars-belonging-to-nhs-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"'Kill the Bill' protest thugs trashed cars belonging to NHS staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
THUGS wrecked cars belonging to NHS staff during a Kill the Bill riot.<\/p>\n
Nine vehicles in a car park used by key workers from Bristol Royal Infirmary had windscreens smashed in Sunday\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n
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A night of violence saw one officer suffer a punctured lung and broken ribs while another had a fractured arm.<\/p>\n
Some 21 officers were hurt in clashes with demonstrators, who hurled fireworks, torched vans and smashed up a police station.<\/p>\n
Rioters in Rupert Street NCP jumped on cars and battered them causing thousands of pounds of damage.<\/p>\n
Avon and Somerset Police Federation boss Andy Roebuck called them animals, adding: \u201cWhen the protesters started to disperse, the feral criminals hijacked the protest.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficers felt they were going to be killed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Chief Constable Andy Marsh said: \u201cThere was a hardcore of criminals within those 3,000 people.\u201d Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said it was \u201cpeople living out revolutionary fantasies\u201d.<\/p>\n
The force will mount appeals to identify suspects.<\/p>\n
The demo was promoted by Bristol Anarchist Federation and Extinction Rebellion. Some yobs defecated at the feet of officers and pictures show one woman urinating in front of police.<\/p>\n
Boris Johnson branded the riot \u201cunacceptable\u201d and Home Secretary Priti Patel said \u201cthuggery and disorder\u201d would never be tolerated.<\/p>\n
Labour\u2019s Sir Keir Starmer said it was \u201cinexcusable\u201d. But rank-and-file cops blasted top brass for failing to stand up to mob rule.<\/p>\n
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Following the scenes in Bristol, riot officers in London\u2019s Park Lane fled when hundreds of thugs charged.<\/p>\n
Ken Marsh, of the Met\u2019s Police Federation, said: \u201cThe Government and senior police management have got to get a grip. If we do not act, the mob will believe they are beyond the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would give police more power to impose conditions on non-violent protests.<\/p>\n
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