No ‘two-tier policing’ in 2024 riots - MPs

THE response by police forces to the summer riots was “entirely appropriate’, despite accusations that those involved were policed more strongly than previous protesters, MPs have said.

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The Home Affairs Committee published a new report on Monday on the police response to the disorder that broke out after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.

It found there was no evidence of “two-tier policing” in officers’ handling of the levels of violence and criminality during the period, and branded the claims as “disgraceful’