The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said he’s “deeply concerned” over footage showing clashes between police and protesters at a vigil for alleged murder victim Sarah Everard. The Metropolitan police on Saturday drew public criticisms and faced an official inquiry after officers clashed with and tackled to the ground protesters gathered at a memorial of Everard at Clapham Common, London, defying the government’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions. “Like everyone who saw it I was deeply concerned about the footage from Clapham Common on Saturday night,” Johnson said in a statement. Johnson said that Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick had committed to reviewing the police action, and that Home Secretary Priti Patel had ordered a review to learn lessons on how to improve policing of such events in the future. Patel is due to make a ministerial statement to Parliament on Monday afternoon, on policing and the prevention of …
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