Overview
- Greater Manchester Police confirmed six arrests after a protest outside the Best Western on Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield.
- A Section 34 dispersal order is in force until midnight on Sunday, with extra patrols across nearby streets.
- Arrests include two on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences, plus suspected theft of police equipment, assault, indecent exposure, and outraging public indecency inside the hotel.
- Officers have powers to direct anyone causing or likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to leave the area immediately.
- The hotel is reported to be accommodating asylum seekers, and the protest follows similar demonstrations this week in Altrincham and Chadderton as part of a nationwide pattern.