‘Shocking scenes’: Multiple arrests after Leeds riots

West Yorkshire Police have arrested several people after a bus was set on fire during the Leeds riots.

The riot broke out after police tried to assist social workers dealing with a child welfare issue.

“What then followed was that significant unrest because people in that community felt they were being unfairly targeted by the authorities,” British professor and academic Matthew Goodwin told Sky News Australia.

“But of course for a lot of people here in the UK, something that Nigel Farage alluded to is, I think this is further evidence of how in very multicultural and diverse communities, you have a complete breakdown of respect for authority , of respect for our ways of life. , respect for the rule of law.”