A police officer was allegedly punched in the face during an anti-immigration protest in Canary Wharf; the officer did not suffer significant injury. Metropolitan Police facilitated a demonstration along Manchester Road and Westferry Road before a small number of masked protesters became aggressive towards members of the public and police. The group moved into Canary Wharf shopping centre at about 4.30pm. Police issued a section 60 AA order to stop concealment of identity with masks and a section 35 dispersal order directing protesters to leave. Arrests were made for common assault on a member of the public, possession of class A and B drugs, assault on police, public order offences and failure to disperse. Around 50–100 demonstrators attended and about 100 counter-protesters held pro-migrant and anti-fascist banners and chants.
The Metropolitan police said they had been facilitating a peaceful demonstration along Manchester Road and Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs before a small number of masked protesters then became aggressive towards members of the public and police. The group had reportedly moved into Canary Wharf shopping centre at about 4.30pm. A section 60 AA order was issued to prevent people concealing their identity with masks, as well as a section 35 dispersal order which directed protesters to leave.
The Met said: Arrests were made for common assault by a protester on a member of the public, possession of class A and B drugs, assault on police/public order offences and failure to disperse. One of our officers was punched in the face luckily they did not suffer significant injury. The protest, involving between 50 and 100 people, began outside the Britannia International hotel in Canary Wharf on Sunday afternoon. Some anti-immigration demonstrators were seen carrying union flags and placards.
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