Carlisle anti-racism protesters gather – BBC News

Jessica Latham, from Carlisle, told the BBC she had been “dismayed by the riots across the UK and the fear they’re putting into people”.

“I think it’s important people come out and show love and that people are welcome here,” she added.

Fellow Carlisle resident Kelvin Enabulele said he had been concerned by events elsewhere in the country with people “trying to spread hate and use racism as a weapon to divide communities”.

“I am black. I’ve lived here 16 years and Carlisle has been good to me,” he said.

“It’s the place I call home. This city is not racist.”

The event followed Cumbria Police imposing dispersal orders in Carlisle and in Barrow, in the south of the county, giving officers the power to tell groups of two or more people to leave the area if there are concerns over their behaviour.