Overview

• Metropolitan Police said masked protesters moved into a shopping centre and acted aggressively toward officers and members of the public.
• Four people were arrested for common assault, possession of Class A and B drugs, assault on police and public order offences, and failure to disperse.
• Officers deployed PAVA spray, and bystanders including a 12-year-old boy and a 70-year-old protester were reported to have been affected.
• The Pink Ladies accused the Met of heavy-handed tactics and claimed the officer reported as punched injured herself while mishandling the spray.
• A Section 60AA mask order and a dispersal order were in place on the Isle of Dogs, and police said investigations continue as hotel protests expand following the Bell Hotel court decision.