Comment by n4r9

> the rioters two weeks or so earlier in Leeds

So in a riot of vastly smaller scale, there 27 arrests and 4 charged.

> protestors against Israel's actions in Gaza doing nazi salutes, for instance

In a protest that was overwhelmingly peaceful, there were 4 arrests, including of someone who did a nazi salute: https://www.mylondon.news/news/three-arrested-after-nazi-sal... . And if we compare it to the delightful things we're seeing in far-right protests:

- https://x.com/AntiRacismDay/status/1819790189369143691

- https://x.com/StanCollymore/status/1819451687566004237

The responses look proportionate to the behaviour.