So just to provide some balance, at Notting Hill the police went geared up to arrest people.
So they were using knife detecting archways and facial recognition etc., and actively looking for drug dealing etc..
Also the carnival is over two days and has over two million attendees.
At the Tommy Robinson support march, the police weren't interested in making arrests. Just in maintaing public order, or trying to. So no knife arches, no facial recognition, no searching for drugs, outstanding warrants, etc. etc..
I also don't believe there was any concerted attempt to attack the police at Notting Hill. There clearly was at the Tommy march.
Basically then, and as politely as I can put it, this is a fatuous argument - you're comparing apples with oranges.
Let's not bullshit each other. Violence at rallies organised by Tommy and his ilk is absolutely par for the course. Trying to minimise it by saying, but look at Notting Hill, is a pretty weak argument.
As it turns out, people who violently kick off at the police, and immigrants etc., seem to have a remarkably disproportionate record of previous offending, particularly when it comes to domestic abuse.
Does flag shagging lead to wife beating, I wonder, or is it the other way around?
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com