Superintendent Martin Snowden of North East Leeds Police said the arrests were made for offences including being drunk and disorderly and minor public order.
Officers contained marchers. More than a dozen riot vans, police horses and police dogs were present at the scene.
EDL member Gail Speight made a speech. Whilst she spoke about the centre claiming that it would be a mosque in “ten years time”, some EDL supporters shouted: “Burn it! Burn it!. One supporter later chanted: “All you Muslims burn in Hell!” jokingly as Gail struggled to read off her prepared sheet of paper.
Notably, some supporters took to Facebook after and said it was a “waste of time.”
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