Police order removal of 'white silence is violence' banner in London

Four flatmates asked to replace banner hanging above Crouch End high street with something less offensive'

Police have ordered the removal of a banner hanging above a high street that read white silence is violence", allegedly claiming it was offensive to white people.

Four flatmates in Crouch End, north London were warned about the banner on Saturday in a visit by two officers. When it remained hanging from windows in the flat above a hairdressers, an officer returned on Sunday and ordered it be taken down.