Police have revealed that they made just one arrest during Saturday's Black Lives Matter protest in Leeds city centre.
Hundreds of people took part in the demonstration outside Leeds Town Hall on Saturday, June 6, as similar events took place all over the world.
The Black Lives Matters protests were triggered by the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, who was the victim of police brutality in Minneapolis last month.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police has said that a 23-year-old man was arrested in Leeds - but he wasn't taking part in the protest.
Instead, the suspect was arrested on suspicion of a racially-aggravated public order offence after shouting racist remarks from a bus in the direction of the demonstrators at around 1.30pm.
Police have said that other than arresting the man who was travelling past the protest, the demonstration otherwise passed without incident.
A police spokesman said: “At about 1.30pm on Saturday, a man on a passing bus shouted racist remarks towards a demonstration in The Headrow, Leeds. The bus was immediately stopped and the male arrested.
“The 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a racially-aggravated public order offence. He was taken into custody and later released under investigation while enquiries into the offence continue.
“He was the only person arrested during the demonstration which otherwise passed without incident.”
