		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="1">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>Organisers behind a &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; protest have been accused of hijacking the Grenfell Tower disaster for political purposes.</p>
<p>The demonstration, started by Movement For Justice By Any Means Necessary (MFJ), was billed as a day of action for the victims of the inferno.</p>
<p>Coinciding with the British Queen&#8217;s Speech, police said 500 people joined the march, which aimed, according to the event page, to &#8220;bring down the Government&#8221;.</p>
<p>Several people appeared to be detained by police as tempers flared in Whitehall near Downing Street with protesters and police squaring off as activists yelled angrily.</p>
<p>One man was restrained as he screamed in the face of an officer and another male protester was pinned to the floor by police.</p>
<p>As he was being carried away he repeatedly shouted he was a &#8220;peaceful&#8221; protester. Another skirmish with police resulted in a man being led away in handcuffs.</p>
<p>The suspect was seen shouting at the crowd of protesters and was then taken aside by officers.</p>
<p>It was unclear if he had been involved in the day of action.</p>
<p>Signs bearing messages of anger were peppered throughout the crowd during the march, with one reading: <i>&#8220;This rage is justified.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Many banners also carried the slogan &#8220;Justice for Grenfell&#8221;, as those marching chanted: <i>&#8220;What do we want? Justice.&#8221;</i></p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DayofRageLondonEJun2017_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DayofRageLondonEJun2017_large.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="325" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-113926" /></a></p>
<p>On regular occasions the demonstrators sang Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s name while calling for Theresa May to resign as they marched towards Downing Street.</p>
<p>The ClementJames Centre, which has been helping those displaced by the fire, shunned the movement as opportunistic.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We cannot emphasise enough how against this many of the affected residents we&#8217;ve spoken to are and they do not want their grief hijacked for any violent or destructive means,&#8221;</i> a spokesman said.</p>
<p>Far-left activists, the MFJ describe themselves as a &#8220;youth-led rights movement&#8221; which fights for &#8220;justice, equality and respect&#8221;, according to its websites.</p>
<p>They have staged a string of anti-Government protests over recent years and in March led an event called &#8220;Brexit is Racist&#8221;.</p>
<p>The crowds chanted &#8220;let him go&#8221; as a man was led, screaming and resisting, away by police.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DayofRageLondonCJun2017_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DayofRageLondonCJun2017_large.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="325" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-113927" /></a></p>
<p>He was put into a van as a handful of men demanded his release.</p>
<p>After the stand-off with the officers ended, pockets of the demonstration began arguing between themselves.</p>
<p>One girl claimed she was accused of being from a police CID unit by other activists and was seen walking away as they waved at her.</p>
<p>Other sections of the group could be heard arguing over tactics, with one man saying: <i>&#8220;If we inconvenience them they will have to listen to us.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Nearby the main body of the protest remained, listening to speeches.</p>
<p>The chants of &#8220;Justice for Grenfell&#8221; rippled throughout the crowd as they stood in Parliament Square.</p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed83aba09f7">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed83aba09f7',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
