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Man Arrested After Glasgow Anti-Immigration Protest Involving Masked Group
Police said the junction reopened after masked protesters blocked roads and chanted anti-immigration slogans, while officers kept a presence in the area.
- On Wednesday, police locked down Parkhead Cross in Glasgow's East End following an anti-immigration protest, closing surrounding streets including Tollcross Road and Duke Street.
- Footage posted on Facebook showed the group chanting "our streets" and "send them home" as they marched through Shettleston before being stopped at the junction near The Forge Shopping Centre.
- Police Scotland confirmed one man was arrested for an alleged police assault, while one masked protester was carried into a police van amid multiple riot vans lining the street.
- Glasgow City Council confirmed Parkhead Cross reopened to traffic, though a police presence remains in the area; politicians condemned the demonstration as having "no place in modern Scotland."
- SNP MSP David Linden said racial hatred "will not be tolerated," while Scottish Labour MSP Glasgow Paul Sweeney added that intimidating communities is "unacceptable" for organized groups.
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Man arrested after anti-immigration protest involving masked group in Glasgow
The incident happened on Wednesday evening in the city’s east end.
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