UK flag-raising group leader arrested on suspicion of causing ‘alarm and distress’
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“The leader of a flag campaign group has been arrested on suspicion of causing religiously and racially aggravated harassment.”
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“Ryan Bridge is the co-founder of Raise the Colours, which has put up hundreds of union and Saint George flags across England and attracted criticism for spreading anti-immigrant rhetoric.”
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— Operation Raise the Colours is a campaign movement in the United Kingdom consisting of groups that display the Union Flag and the Saint George's Cross in public places, as well as the flags of the oth…
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“He was arrested on Tuesday and released on police bail the following day.”
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“In recent days, the Raise the Colours group has posted several videos of its members erecting flags in Oxfordshire.”
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“Oxfordshire county council issued a legal notice banning the group from putting up flags, arguing it was an 'act of intimidation and division'.”
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— Operation Raise the Colours is a campaign movement in the United Kingdom consisting of groups that display the Union Flag and the Saint George's Cross in public places, as well as the flags of the oth…
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— Raise the Colours is a far-right British group whose members attach flags to lampposts and engage in anti-migrant vigilantism. It is one of a number of organisations behind the campaign Operation Rais…
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“Thames Valley police confirmed that a 44-year-old male from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was arrested at about 8.40pm on Tuesday.”
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“Oxfordshire county council issued a formal legal notice to Raise the Colours on Monday to 'stop a specified activity' in response to the group's 'continued placing of flags across Oxfordshire'.”
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“Ryan Bridge's bail conditions included a ban on visiting Oxfordshire.”
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“Oxfordshire county council stated that the scale and persistence of the activity is affecting communities across Oxfordshire, with residents reporting feeling 'distressed, unwelcome and unsafe'.”
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“Oxfordshire county council will consider all options, including civil and criminal proceedings, if the group did not comply with the letter.”
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