An EDL (English Defence League) organised event to lay flowers at Barkers Pool War Memorial Sheffield,  in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby, resulted in a two hour stand off when Sheffield Unite Against Fascism and One Sheffield Many Cultures supporters occupied Barkers Pool and surrounded the War Memorial leaving police to keep the opposing factions apart. <br />
Father Shaun Smith Chairman of One Sheffield Many Cultures explains to EDL opponents the South Yorkshire Police attempt to negotiate a compromise which would have involved a single police officer laying flowers at the Memorial<br />
1 June 2013