Former Conservative Party Chairman Sir Jake Berry has hit out at the "two-tier policing" during this weekend's demonstration against the Supreme Court's ruling on women, after seven statues in the capital were defaced with graffiti.
On Saturday, the transgender community, trans organisations and their allies came together across the country to protest the legislation - also targeting seven statues in the capital.
The defacement of the Millicent Fawcett statue, which commemorates the suffragist leader, has drawn particular concern from heritage groups.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, who led the policing operation for the protest said criminal damage and vandalism like this has "no place on the streets of London" and "spoils the area for locals and those visiting".
Sir Jake Berry has condemned the 'two-tier policing' which took place during Saturday's protest against the Supreme Court ruling
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Discussing the protest on GB News, Berry condemned the demonstrations as the "absolute hallmarked gold standard" of two-tier police action.
Berry fumed: "It seems the difference between a riot and a protest is a riot is people who you don't agree with their views, and a protest is people where the Metropolitan Police do.
"You had people sent to prison in the UK for holding up placards, quite rightly actually, that incited violence at the appalling riots that we saw after the murders in Southport. The police so far have still made zero arrests for this."
Hitting out at the defacing of several statues during the protest, including women's Suffragette Millicent Fawcett, Berry added: "Public property has been damaged, statues commemorating the sacrifices that women made for feminism and women's right to vote in this country have been damaged.
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(Right to left) Benjamin Disraeli, Mahatma Gandhi, Jan Smuts, Millicent Fawcett and Nelson Mandela statues were vandalised during the protests on Saturday
PA"And they can hold up hate posters inciting violence too."
Highlighting the recent report released by the Home Affairs Committee, which concluded there was "no evidence" of two-tier policing following the Southport attack las July, Berry declared that the report was "wrong".
Berry stated: "There was a report last week that said there isn't two-tiered policing in the city - that report is wrong. Don't believe what politicians tell you, believe what you see with your own eyes.
"You saw it on the streets of London. It's not a riot because the police kind of agree with what they say."
Berry told GB News that the rule of law should 'apply to transgender people' the same as 'everyone else'
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Arguing that the rule of law "applies to anyone", including transgender people, Berry concluded: "Whether people were trans or not, it shouldn't mean that the rule of law applies differently to them.
"But it does in this country. This is why people talk about two-tier Keir, this is why people talk about two-tier policing, that is proof positive that we have."
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, who led the policing operation for the protest, condemned the vandalism: "Criminal damage and vandalism like this has no place on the streets of London and spoils the area for locals and those visiting."
He added: "We are pursuing this and will take action against those responsible."
