Pamela Geller’s EDL Fascist Friends Protest Halal Meat
While these bigots are sick just like Pam Geller, sometimes you are just struck by the utterly bizarre and futile nature of their claims and behaviors. You do a step back and think “Seriously… They really want to spent the finite energy and time of their short human lives on THIS?!”
A group of English Defence League (EDL) members demonstrated at the halal meat counter in Asda, Rochdale, on Saturday (14 January).
Rochdale Online understands that between 15 and 20 men arrived at the store, on Dane Street, at around 3.30pm but were swiftly moved on by the police and no arrests were made.
Asda say they were “surprised” by the protest.
Town centre business owner, Paul Turner-Mitchell, was doing his shopping when he saw the group. He described it as “really bizarre.”
Speaking to Rochdale Online, he said: “I turned up at Asda at about 3.30pm on Saturday and there were two police officers outside Asda and a couple of Asda security guards, I thought it seemed strange but then I didn’t give it another thought and went about my shopping.
“I had two of my children with me and we were near the milk section and by the halal meat section there was a big group of men and then more police officers turned up.
“The police were there very quickly and the police moved them on and it was business as usual.
“When I finished my shopping and had paid, the police were still outside so I asked them what was going on and they said they were members of the EDL and they had been dispersed into the town centre where there were extra police.”
Asked how many protesters were there, Mr Turner-Mitchell said: “It is hard to put an exact number on it. I didn’t want to stand and watch. I’d say around 15-20.