Blackpool riot ringleader caught on police bodycam

Blackpool Gazette

Bodycam footage captured the moment a racist thug was arrested during the Blackpool riots last month. John Robinson 31, of Quebec Avenue, Blackpool, was jailed on September 19 for three years and three months after pleading guilty to violent disorder and assault of an emergency during the August 3 riots in the resort. Robinson was described as a ‘main player’, ‘orchestrating, encouraging and leading the group’ in the disorder. In the video, Robinson can be heard yelling “take the scum off our streets!” as he’s arrested and led to a police van.

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00:00Police bodycam footage is captured the moment a racist thug was arrested during the Blackpool

00:06riots last month. John Robinson, 31, of Quebec Avenue, Blackpool, was jailed on September

00:1219th for three years and three months after pleading guilty to violent disorder and assault

00:16of an emergency worker during the August 3rd riots in the resort. Robinson was described

00:22as a main player, orchestrating, encouraging and leading the group in the disorder. In

00:26the video, Robinson can be heard yelling, take the scum off our streets, as he's arrested

00:31and let inside a police van. Take a look at the video shared by Lancashire Police.

00:56For more information visit www.fema.gov

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