Keir Starmer announces violent disorder unit after Southport riot

Published: Jul 31, 2024 Duration: 00:03:29 Category: News & Politics
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let me now turn to the actions of a tiny mindless minority in our society because in the aftermath of this attack the community of Southport had to suffer twice a gang of thugs got on trains and buses went to a community that is not their own a community grieving the most horrific tragedy and then proceeded to throw bricks at police offic officers police officers who just 24 hours earlier had been having to deal with an attack on children in their Community their community and make no mistake whether it's in Southport London or Harley Port these people are showing our country exactly who they are mosques targeted because they're mosques flares thrown at the Statue of Winston Churchill a Nazi salute at the Senate half and so I've just held a meeting with senior police and law enforcement leaders where we've resolved to show who we are a country that will not allow understandable fear to curdle into Division and hate in our communities and that will not permit under any circumstances a a breakdown in Law and Order on our streets because let's be very clear about this it's not protest it's not legitimate it's crime violent disorder an assault on the rule of law and the execution of justice and so on behalf of the British people who expect their values and their security to be upheld we will put a stop to it I want to thank all of the police officers across the country who have already as they do so often stood up to intimidation and violence in the past few days and in doubt throughout the summer crime is crime and so to that end I can announce today that following this meeting we will establish a national capability across police forces to tackle violent disorder these thugs are mobile they move from Community to community and we must have a policing response that can do the same shared intelligence wider deployment of facial recognition technology and preventative action criminal Behavior orders to restrict their movements before they can even Bard a train in just the same way that we do with football holigans and let me also say to large social media companies and those who run them violent disorder clearly whipped up online that is also a crime it's happening on your premises and the law must be upheld everywhere that is the single most important duty of government service rests on security and we will take all necessary action to keep our streets safe

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