Sixteen people are arrested and two men a charged are for public order offences.
Officers were "stretched" when far-right protestors attempted to target a hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers, Bristol's police and crime commissioner said.
Tensions have been high across England after the killing of three young girls in Southport, Merseyside, on 29 July.During the protest outside Mercure Hotel on Redcliffe Hill, guests were seen looking out of their windows. She said: "There was a lot of action going on across the city. The police were stretched across a lot of the city."There are lessons that need to be learned, but I'm pleased Bristol was a city of sanctuary and we saw the people of Bristol stand to protect those in the hotel.She said the scenes around England on Saturday, that included windows being smashed, are "genuinely shocking".
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