Ryan Wheatley was arrested during demonstrations in Southampton on Wednesday Two men have been jailed for their part in an anti-immigration protest after one “barrelled into a police officer” and another turned up with a knuckle duster. Ryan Wheatley and Lee James were arrested in Southampton on Wednesday after being outnumbered by about 400 people shouting “racists go home”. Wheatley, 40, and 42-year-old James admitted assault by beating and possessing a weapon respectively. They were each jailed at Southampton Crown Court for one year. In neighbouring Dorset, a third man was jailed after admitting assaulting a police officer at a protest in Weymouth.

via bbc: Protester jailed for ‘barrelling’ police officer