Raise the Colours founder charged with assault after Brighton protest

Ryan Bridge, 44, co-founder of Raise the Colours movement, was arrested during the Carnival Against Fascism rally in June.

Mr Bridge, of Blackwell in Worcestershire, will appear in court charged with common assault after being arrested in Queen’s Road, Brighton, on Saturday, June 13.

He will appear in front of magistrates in Brighton next month.

On June 13, anti-immigration group South East Patriots planned a march through Brighton city centre as part of a 'Stop the Boats' campaign.

In response, a counter protest ‘Carnival Against Fascism’ was organised.

The scenes in Brighton on June 13, as Stop the Boats and Carnival Against Fascism protesters clashed in the city centre (Image: Sussex News and Pictures)

Sussex Police estimated that around 300 Stop The Boats protesters were in attendance, with roughly 4,000 protesters part of the Carnival Against Fascism.

Both marches began to gather near Brighton train station at around 10.30am, with members of South East Patriots gathering outside The Railway Bell pub and opposing protesters on the other side, divided by lines of police officers.

Throughout the day, the protests moved across the city with the Carnival Against Fascism’s aim to “turn the far-right away” by blocking their route.