Southport residents clean up after ‘despicable’ riots

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Published 2024-07-31
Merseyside police say rioting in Southport last night showed a "despicable" disrespect toward grieving families and the community.

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More than 50 officers were injured in violence fuelled by false online rumours about the 17-year-old boy arrested over Monday's knife attack, which killed three young girls.

Police forces across the region have been drafted in to help prevent a second night of rioting.
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All Comments (21)
  • @MJS-hj1zk
    3 little girls didn't lose their lives they were murdered
  • @susanja87
    Funny how channel 4 didn’t have an issue last week in Leeds
  • @globalital
    Its not despicable,its called enough is enough
  • “ DID THE CROWD IN LEEDS DO SIMILAR FOR A CHILD BEING NEGLECTED? “
  • What a contrast to your "sensitive" reporting during the Leeds rioting. You didn't judge them, did you??? Just helped to explain their anger. Biased garbage as always from you lot.
  • @GL-jq6fu
    But the Leeds riots were simply unacceptable civil behaviour. Two tier policing is what is disgusting
  • @run2cat4run
    7:35 the kindness got me into tears knowing theres still hope for good people
  • @Grant-i9l
    No negative press on MSM when the police stations were surrounded following the initial footage of the airport footage being broadcast.
  • @mkdeus8573
    Funny how all the news channels have covered more of this riot than the one in leeds
  • @kilner79
    I recall a bus amongst other things destroyed and it barely made the news
  • People who live in liverpool its a dream to live in southport you've got to win the lottery,play for liverpool or Everton,what starmer should have come out and said,this is the thanks we get,we give them a lovely house in a nice area and this is how they repay us
  • And what about the man who butchered these little girls ? Channel 4 You make me sick 🤮
  • Someone at channel 4 is in trouble for forgetting to hit the comments turned off button.
  • @earlybird015
    What a horrible thing to happen to those lovely girls. I was stationed in SE England from Nov 2006-Dec 2010 and the EDL was formed the year before I left. I hate to see such hatred and excuses to lash out at a group of people that look different than them. None of these people had anything to do with this monstrous act.