"The class certification decision is one step toward finally getting justice for these young people," said Rachel Lederman, an attorney with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which is representing five teenagers arrested that day.
For the last month, Indian police have raided multiple markets and homes, arresting Muslim men in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party. Some of their homes have been bulldozed. The genesis of their alleged crime is common: writing, I Love Muhammad, a reference to Prophet Muhammad, on posters, t-shirts, or in social media posts. The authorities say the expression is threatening public order.
Police have arrested 40 people after clashes with officers at a pro-Palestine protest near Downing Street. Six arrests were for assaults on police officers and the majority were for "breaching conditions, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement issued on Thursday night. The demonstration earlier in the evening was organised by Global Movement for Gaza UK, the force said, adding:
Speaking to former Tory councillor and conspiracy theorist William Coleshill, the protester said: Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated, someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer. Coleshill pushed back, saying the Labour leader should instead face trial and be lawfully executed. The clip, filmed among the estimated 110,000-strong crowd, has been widely shared online and triggered furious reactions. A jail sentence is in the post for this chump! one user posted. Another added: Hope the Met get this man.
Met Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said the use of live facial recognition, metal detector and stop-and-search had "prevented some of the serious violence we have seen at previous carnivals". There were 223 arrests on Monday, the day of the adult parade, and 200 on Sunday. The most common was for cannabis possession (70), possession of an offensive weapon (46), and drug supply (44).
PA Media A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left three people critically injured. Three women and two men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the venue in Woodford Avenue, Gant's Hill, on Friday evening. The Met Police said a 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to danger life.
Dominic Murphy, the head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, emphasized the investigation is fast-moving and involves various lines of inquiry to determine motivations and further public risks.
