Thugs pelt missiles as hundreds gather to 'protect' Sir Robert Peel statue under threat
HUNDREDS of people gathered to protect the statue of former prime minister and Metropolitan Police founder Sir Robert Peel in Scotland
Police - with their batons drawn - were forced to form a line across the street after missiles were launched between the two groups of demonstrators.
Police were able to stop the two groups from clashing with those looking to see the statue removed were forced back up North Hanover Street.
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Elsewhere in Scotland, the words "racist king BLM" were sprayed in white paint on the plinth of the Robert the Bruce statue at the Battle of Bannockburn site in Stirling.