The far-right hijack a tragedy - again
It took Merseyside police less than two hours to release information about the suspect who'd been arrested in the Liverpool parade crash which injured close to 50 people. The force told the public that it was a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area who had been detained. Right wing commentators and conspiracy theorists had already started speculating about the potential ethnicity and the motives behind the man alleged to have been involved.
So was it sensible policing aimed at quelling the misinformation? Or did the decision reveal just how close we are to unrest - like we saw…
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