Essex Police Fact-Check Far-Right Accounts over Epping Protest Footage

Essex Police fact-check far-right accounts over false Epping protest claims

The far-right false claims are being called out...

Essex Police fact-check far-right accounts over Epping protest footage

Essex Police has fact-checked alt-right accounts on social media over claims about footage from the recent protests in Epping. Over the last few days, there have been a number of protests in Epping relating to a hotel housing asylum seekers. These were sparked after a man living in the hotel was arrested, and subsequently charged, with sexual assault, harassment and inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity. Hadush Kebatu, 41, from Ethiopia, …

Mobilisation in Epping shows that anti-racists are not yet beaten – The Red Weekly Column - Labour Outlook

“The far right must be opposed wherever they go, or they will continue to breathe the political oxygen which has allowed them to grow thus far. Fascists and neo-Nazis should be made to feel afraid to even show their faces.” In our Red Weekly Column, Ben Liao reports back from the recent anti-racist counter-demo against the far-right in Epping, writing on the next steps in taking on the rise of fascism and hate in the UK. There is no denying that…

Essex Police fact checks video claiming officer called protesters 'fascists'

The initial viral video has been seen more than 500,000 times