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		</div><p>The organisation that represents rank-and-file police officers in England and Wales has called on the Home Secretary to ban all protests while the threat of Covid-19 remains.</p>
<p>Police Federation chairman John Apter said Priti Patel must be “unequivocal” in stating that large gatherings are not allowed.</p>
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<p>It comes after a second weekend of violent clashes in the capital as protesters took over areas near the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square on Saturday in response to anti-racism demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Mr Apter said: “In normal times the principle of having the right to peaceful protests is an important one.</p>
<p>“However, we are not in normal times, we are tackling a deadly virus which is indiscriminate in who it can affect.</p>
<p>“Police officers have provided outstanding professionalism in their dealings with large gatherings during Covid-19 – some of which turned violent at the weekend.</p>
<p>“But we can’t ignore the avoidable risk our members and to those attending the protests are being exposed to.</p>
<p>“I urge the Home Secretary to be unequivocal in her terms that whilst we are under the threat of this virus, any large gathering or protest must be banned.</p>
<p>“We cannot allow our police officers and members of the public to be put at risk of contracting the virus, especially at such a critical time in our response to the pandemic.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are in the grip of an unprecedented national health emergency.</p>
<p>This severe public health risk forces me to continue to urge people not to attend protests this weekend.</p>
<p>Gathering in large numbers at this exceptional time is illegal. Doing so puts everyone’s lives at risk.</p>
<p>&mdash; Priti Patel (@pritipatel) <a href="https://twitter.com/pritipatel/status/1271717880078491648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Protesters could already face sanctions under coronavirus laws, which currently ban groups of more than six people, with exceptions, from gathering.</p>
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<p>A total of 23 officers were injured in London as police were pelted with missiles, smoke grenades, glass bottles and flares on Saturday.</p>
<p>The protest was condemned by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “racist thuggery” and described as “mindless hooliganism” by police.</p>
<p>Some 113 people were arrested.</p>
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