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"Police are reviewing video footage in which a police officer advised a group of men to "discard any weapons" at a mosque, to avoid being arrested.

The officer was filmed in a video, which was livestreamed on TikTok, addressing a crowd of men outside the Darul Falah mosque in Hanley, near Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday.

Instead of arranging a search of the group to see if any had committed the offence of possession of an offensive weapon in public, for which they could be arrested and charged, the officer appeared to give them an amnesty.

Speaking through a loudspeaker, he is heard to say: "If there is any weapons or anything like that, then what I would do is discard them at the mosque.

"Don't give anybody any reason to have any interaction with police, so if there is any weapons, get rid of them and we won't have to arrest anyone."


The clip, which has been shared widely on social media, has fuelled claims of a two-tier policing system between rioters and members of the community.

Steve Perkins, a former Met Police officer, posted on X: "The officer tells people to leave weapons at the mosque and nobody will be arrested. I can see why there is an argument re two tier policing."

Another aimed their post at Kier Starmer and police adding: "With weapons yet no arrests, why?

"We see this as two-tier policing."

But, a third appeared to support the approach adding: "Never heard of a weapons amnesty?"



Trouble flared the same day between far right protesters and counter-protesters in the vicinity of the mosque, as scenes turned violent.

Riot police were deployed to the scene in huge numbers and Staffordshire Police struggled to keep the groups apart as there were fights and missiles were hurled.

Asked about the video by Express.co.uk today, a Staffordshire Police spokesperson said: "We recognise that some footage shared on social media has gained traction and impacted on public confidence, particularly surrounding a protest liaison officer giving words of advice to a group in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday.

"We are actively reviewing this footage and all of the material available.

"We will address any lessons to be learned and assess whether the action taken was proportionate while we continue to reassure people in the local community.""

Personally I think it's a good idea to tell people not to have weapons, 
The so called 'protestors' were told not to take weapons but still went with knives, bricks, flammable materials, etc
If you have two sides tooled up that is more likely to inflame the situation. Someone with a weapon in hand is more likely to use it!
Or Nobby are you saying that the people at the Mosque should have been tooled up with weapons?

You asked, just out of ordinary curiosity, if I "like paedophiles or maybe children ?"

If I were you I would have left it alone before posting and definitely after.

Looks like lots of 'knocks on doors' happening across country and people having words with bosses.
News outlets reporting that on monitored far right web channels advice is being given on ditching phones and anything else that could be used in evidence and masking up when going out [bit late]
Backing off of mosques at present as they are being protected.
Boycotting taxi and food apps as they are often employing minorities.
Some backtracking by outlets such as GBNews and TalkTV from their initial excusing of the riots by conflating disaffection with protest.
Even the Daily Mail having a pop at Yaxley Lennon.

Irony - many encouraging the use of masks were in the past encouraging people not to wear masks in the pandemic!

You should concentrate on trying to prove the 'English Lads' are being misunderstood. A much better use of your time on this forum, although doomed to failure I feel.

You might feel that way...because perhaps just because you don't like it.
Just but out and leave it then.
If Basel hadn't said it I would not have asked.

Biggest moment of the day was the report this evening of one of these stupid thugs up in the dock in court, when read the charge, starts crying and called out for his mum.
Bloody hard these right wing thugs

Pull the plug out of the router?
😂😂😂😂

Firstly it wasnt a boxing day it was a day when it had p1ssed down and where we usually walk the dogs was extremely muddy so we did a walk around the streets,I wasnt counting extensions I mentioned that in every street there were at least 2 lots of builders building extensions.

I will let others read your post,its obvious that you were making out that I was racist but carefully not saying it.

Now you say that I "clearly look for non white crime"  I dont I was talking about the stories in the 'stabbings thread' ie Valdo Calocanne and other non white perpetrators, ffs their pictures are up so I cant help noticing that they are not white.

One of your last posts you mentioned a 'far right' thug crying in court (how do you know he was 'far right' and not some drunken chav as so many of them were ?) but no mention of one of lefties  in one of the videos in Bristol,black bloke shirtless,giving it the big one and then hiding behind some girl...more proof of your warped viewpoint.