The Stirchley resident said her friend has been “seriously injured” by the incident and she stayed with him in hospital until 3am. “He’d been hit initially and was there lying on the floor by himself and [we] hadn’t realised because we were all caught up in this other harassment,” she said.
“He’d been too scared to call out because he’d been hit and then the van, the cherry-picker, had driven off and he hadn’t wanted to call out in case they’d come back.”
Another Birmingham resident, who asked not to be named over fears for his safety, said men wearing the Raise the Colours logo had “confronted us in a very aggressive and abusive fashion” after they had taken down three flags on the high street. He said the Raise the Colours logo was also on the side of the van.