Peaceful protests were seen across Manchester after Greater Manchester Police forced Traveller children onto trains to carry them away from the city centre last month. Around 300 people from Traveller communities and their supporters marched through Manchester city centre in protest at treatment of young Traveller teens hoping to visit the city’s Christmas market. The peaceful protest was organised by the Gypsy Traveller League and was led by Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Celebrity Big Brother star Paddy Doherty and Tommy Joyce, a well-known face among Greater Manchester’s Traveller communities. This protest comes after Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) controversial use of a dispersal order last month. Reality TV personality Paddy claimed the scenes were remiscent of “Nazi Germany” after large groups of children and teenagers were stopped from attending the event and “forced” back onto trains.
via sun: Inside Paddy Doherty’s protest after Travellers ‘blocked from Xmas market like Nazi Germany’