No evidence of 'two-tier policing' in handling of Southport riots, MPs say

'Absurd' Parliament Report Claims No 'Two-Tier' Policing in Southport Riots

A Parliament report has claimed there is no evidence of "two-tier policing" during the protests and riots over the Southport child murders.

Fear and loathing in Liverpool

In August last year, a library was burned down in Liverpool. Just days earlier, three children had been murdered in a frenzied knife attack by a second-generation teenaged migrant a few miles up the road in Southport, sparking violent protests in many of the deindustrialised, depressed towns of northern England. In Rotherham, a Holiday Inn housing asylum seekers was attacked by a mob. In Burnley, Muslim graves were desecrated. In Middlesbrough, …

Southport riots police response was ‘entirely appropriate’ say MPs

The police response to last summer's riots which broke out in the wake of the Southport killings was "entirely appropriate", according to a report by MPs.

U.K. MPs Investigated Themselves and Found There Was No Two-Tier Justice Over Southport Riots

Police Federation say chiefs need to review release of information after riots

Police's response to Stockport murder and the subsequent riots has been subject of cross-party Government report

Fact-check: MPs’ report finds right-wing claims of ‘two-tier policing’ of Southport riots were baseless

The Home Affairs Select Committee has published a report today revealing that the right-wing claims of ‘two-tier policing’ in the aftermath of the Southport riots last summer were unfounded. The MPs’ report rejected accusations that those who rioted after the killing of young girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were policed more strongly because of their supposed political views.  After Axel Rudakubana attacked the yo…