Petrol bombs were thrown at officers in Belfast while police in Birmingham are investigating a number of offences.

The wave of violent unrest and disorder across parts of the UK continued on Monday night as police came under attack in Belfast, Darlington and Plymouth.

Six people were arrested in Plymouth while several officers suffered minor injuries in the violence, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

In South Belfast, riot officers had stones and petrol bombs thrown at them in an area close to a supermarket which was set on fire at the weekend.

Earlier, a vigil was held for the victims of a mass stabbing in Southport last week which sparked the unrest. Nearly 400 people have been arrested since the rioting began.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    3 months ago

    I haven’t been able to find anything about motive or race, but I suppose people are assuming he is a Muslim?
    It doesn’t have to be an immigrant, if it’s a 2nd generation Brit, I bet that counts too.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      39·
      3 months ago

      If it’s a fifth generation Brit it counts.

      There have been black people in Britain for longer than a lot of these British people’s ancestors were there. Farage sure as hell isn’t an English name. The first black people came to Britain in the third century with the Romans.

      Black histories are a vital part of England’s story, reaching back many centuries. There is evidence of African people in Roman Britain as far back as the 3rd century AD, and black communities have been present since at least 1500.

      https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/black-history/

      There is evidence of Muslims in Britain in Chaucer’s day, but there definitely were Muslims in London by the mid-1600s.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/uk_1.shtml

      South Asians have been in Britain in significant numbers since the 17th century.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asians_in_the_United_Kingdom

      They don’t care though. All they see is skin color.

      • octopus_inkEnglish
        182·
        3 months ago

        They don’t care though. All they see is skin color.

        I see your conservatives are the same as ours.

        As a side note, everything you posted was new to my knowledge of your history, and I’ve saved the post. Thanks!

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          If by ours, you mean Americans, I’m actually a dual citizen but I’ve spent almost all of my life in the U.S.

          I just try my best to learn about the UK since I have the passport and all.

          • octopus_inkEnglish
            5·
            3 months ago

            I just assumed based on your command of the facts, sorry! All the better though…

      • sandbox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Farage is an anglicisation of a centuries old Scottish name, just so you know. But you’re right that it isn’t about anything beyond skin colour.