Overview
- About 40 people marching under the 'Bristol Patriots' banner were confronted by roughly 200 counter-protesters linked to Stand Up To Racism in the city centre.
- Officers formed human walls, blocked Union Street with vans, and deployed mounted units, with police reporting resistance and projectiles thrown.
- Video and eyewitness accounts showed mounted officers pushing crowds before officers on foot struck counter-protesters on the legs to clear space.
- The march repeatedly stalled near Primark and the Horsefair before police redirected it back to the Cenotaph, where both groups dispersed at roughly 3:30pm.
- Avon and Somerset Police reported six arrests for alleged public-order and related offences, deployed more than 200 officers with mutual aid, and said investigations into the incidents will proceed.