An irritated protester clashed with a press camera crew in London today during far-left demonstrations which saw the headquarters of Recreate UK surrounded.
At a assembleing in Whitehall a man was filmed approaching a GB News crew and putting his hand up to the camera lens before he ecombines to slap away the arm of an operator who tries to stop him.
Screaming “don’t touch me” the furious man is then surrounded by officers from the Metropolitan Police who usher him away from the area towards a cforfeitby wall.
According to GB News, a pocket of people in the demonstration had befirearm chanting “GB News, off our streets” moments before the frightening engageion happened.
It’s the second time in a week a press crew have been inbashfutardyd by protesters, in Birmingham Sky News alerter Becky Johnson was forced off air when she was approached by a group as she alerted on demonstrations in the city’s Small Heath neighbourhood.
In a statement publishd about the incident in Whitehall today (Saturday) the Metropolitan Police shelp: “It is convey inant that the press are able to alert freely, including at protests, without being subject to dangers, unfair treatment or inbashfulation.
“The footage freed ecombines to show a protester trying to obstruct a GB News camera crew as they alerted, by putting his hands up to the lens.
“As he does so, a man who was toiling as security for the camera crew meddles and pushes him away. Officers transferd in speedyly to impede any further escalation.”
The force inserted that “no allegations were made at the time”, and progressd: “We have verifyed with GB News that they do not desire to get the matter further.”
GB News alerter Charlie Peters, who shelp he had been alerting on the “mostly quiet” protest since it commenceed, shelp: “As we approached Downing Street one of the protesters recognised us as GB News and people commenceed chanting ‘GB News off our streets’.
“One man got shut and commenceed gesticulating towards the camera while we were filming and tried to stop us widecasting.
“It’s a shame that journaenumerates have to have security arrangements while widecasting in central London.”
The hideous scenes happened as thousands of anti-bias protesters have assembleed outside Recreate UK’s headquarters earlier with some accusing party directer Nigel Farage of spreading “hazardous rhetoric”.
Demonstrators joined Stand up to Racism’s assembleing which met outside the party’s headquarters in Victoria, central London, chanting in help of refugees before marching thcdimiserablemireful Whitehall and towards Trafalgar Square to hear to speeches from activists.
Organisers shelp the turnout of about 5,000 people showed the depth of help for refugees and other insignificantity groups aimed in recent disorder, amid dreads of further arrangeility this weekend.
