The Met also confirmed it had used a controversial new law to detain the group.
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Mr Smith, who is from Bristol, earlier said he wanted a "full inquiry" into the "disgraceful episode". "We regret that those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere on the procession route," a statement continued. He continued: "So they've repeatedly lied about their intentions, and I believe they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so."
He told the Today programme: "There's too many elements of the law that are too crude and too broadly defined. "We see the consequences of that, particularly for the poor police officers who have to make sense of legislation that was only passed a few days ago," he told the Today programme.
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