British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned "racist thuggery" after far-right groups clashed with police in central London on Saturday.
Driving the news: The groups turned out after a social media callout to "protect the monuments" targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters, who canceled an official demonstration because of the "counter-protest," per the Telegraph. London police said over 100 people were arrested following clashes in Parliament Square. Police said Sunday morning they had arrested a suspect on suspicion of outraging public decency after images circulated of a white man urinating on a memorial to an officer who died stopping a terrorist outside the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament in 2017.
Everyone who intended to come to BLM protests today but didn't has reduced the risk of confrontation with these extreme right-wingers, and the spread of COVID19.
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) June 13, 2020
To those in Parliament Square: to prevent further violence and the spread of the virus in our city, please leave now. https://t.co/h7ypNB9CSQ
