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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

HISTORICAL FACTS: How violent protests in epping are being fuelled by disinformation | History Defined

a line of riot police with perspex shields and helmets with visors at the scene of the protests
Police confronted protesters in Epping last week. The Essex force has ‘categorically’ denied that it bussed in antiracism activists, as has been claimed. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Enjoying beers in the afternoon sunshine on Epping High Street, the three local men were adamant about recent events in the town.

Not only had Essex police used their own vans to “bus in” antiracism counter-demonstrators last week to Epping, said one of the men, but masked undercover police officers had been among the “lefties”.

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