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Amidst the chaos, this woman held up a sign saying: 'Hope not hate. Racism not welcome here'.
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- Replying to @liverpoolpostAs she held it up, she was surrounded by men involved in the riot. Some of them had been pelting the mosque with bricks. She's now walked off and didn't want to be interviewed.
00:00 - This woman holding up her 'Hope, not hate' sign with men shouting in her face is becoming the iconic image of tonight's riot in Southport. We tried to speak to her straight after shooting the video but she looked traumatised and didn't want to talk.
- Replying to @liverpoolpostWe first heard something was happening at the far-right protest earlier. Four men walked past us saying they were off to "smash up the mosque". When we got to the mosque on St Luke’s Road, this was the scene.
00:00 - 🚨 BREAKING: The protest in Southport is turning into a riot. We've seen bricks thrown through the local mosque's window and a police van is burning. Several people - including officers - have been hurt. People are shouting at the police for protecting "disgusting nonces".
- Replying to @liverpoolpostPeople were screaming at the police, accusing them of covering up for paedophiles. By this time, the police and mosque were being pelted.
- Replying to @liverpoolpostThere was also a group who seemed to be opposing the mob. One woman said her friend's child was killed yesterday but said it's not the police’s fault, it’s the government's fault.
- Replying to @liverpoolpostThis from @MerseyPolice: 👉 "an officer has suffered a suspected broken nose and police vehicles have been damaged and set alight." 👉 “It is sickening to see this happening within a community that has been devastated by the tragic loss of three young lives."
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