Jail for EDL thug who hurled bottle at police

An English Defence League thug who threw a bottle at police and told officers they had failed their country at a Black Lives Matter counter protest has been jailed for 12 months. Bricklayer Steven Pantony, 39, repeatedly kicked a barrier and yelled drunken abuse during the far-right riot in Parliament Square on June 13. BLM had cancelled their planned demo earlier in the day but counter protesters gathered to protect central London’s statues. After seeing images of himself circulating online…