On April 11th, a rape was reported to have taken place outside a church in Epsom. As soon as this became public knowledge, far right agitators demanded to know the ethnicity of the suspect, which has not been released publicly
Despite Surrey Police clarifying there was no evidence to suggest that the attacker was a migrant or asylum seeker, these same far right agitators started spreading misinformation that an attack was indeed perpetrated by an asylum seeker
This led to protests in Epsom, mostly attended by people not from Epsom, who then themselves started committing their own violence in the area
Mobs attacked a Travelodge, claming it to be a hotel for refugees, despite locals making it clear to the mob that this was just a regular Travelodge. In fact, no asylum hotels currently exist in Epsom
The mob also attacked a building they claimed was a HMO housing migrants. However, this building was accomodation for the elderly, and before that a domestic violence shelter. At no point had it ever been migrant accommodation
A local journalist who was at the protest, Ezekiel Bertrand (who is black), reports being told by members of the crowd to “get out of this country” and “get back on your boat and go where you came from”. He reports similar comments being made to passersby
Many known far-right figures were present in Epsom. “Brexit” Brian Stovell was streaming as he does from pretty much every far-right event, alongside far-right YouTubers calling themselves “auditors”. Danny Tommo, a long time fascist who has been accused of scamming his own followers, was also present. Members of South East Patriots and Patriots of Britain, as well as a number of known football hooligans, were also present at the protest. Members of these groups as well as many auditors have previously been locked up for attacking women. Those organising the protests online have also attended Tommy Robinson marches
It’s clear to see that these agitators do not care about locals in Epsom, nor do they care about the women and children they claim to protect. Attacking residences for the elderly, hotels, and local people just going about their day does nothing to protect survivors of sexual violence. It does nothing to help women seeing their town descended on by a baying mob when they report a rape
We all know that had the police released the identity of the suspect, and he’d been white and British, these mobs would not be in Epsom and wouldn’t be saying anything about this attack. They just want an excuse to be violent towards non-white people, who these far-right sorts don’t view as human
While these agitators bring up the memory of the Southport victims to justify their actions in Epsom, secretly they crave another Southport, to the point where they will make up lies about real sexual violence to justify the unjustifiable
Far-right groups accuse migrants and refugees of doing the same things these agitators do to the women in their lives. It is hypocrisy of the highest order
Reject the lies and destruction of the far-right. They don’t give a damn about you or your community
