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Council Estate Media and Ricky Hale
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The Metropolitan Police are arresting peaceful protesters outside the US Embassy in London today. They’ve once again shamed themselves by carrying away pensioners by their arms and legs for holding up signs they don’t like.

To make matters worse, some of those arrested were carrying blank placards and some weren’t holding signs at all. Yes, even saying nothing is a crime now. In fact, it’s terrorism.
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BREAKING: BLANKET ARRESTS BEGIN OUTSIDE US EMBASSY

The Met Police began making arrests before any signs were on display, arresting volunteers like this woman for supporting people holding signs, and arresting people for having blank placards.
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The demonstration was organised by the group Defend Our Juries. A Section 35 dispersal order was in force, but around 400 people gathered anyway to protest against the proscription of Palestine Action and the genocide in Gaza.

In the UK, expressing support for Palestine Action is a terror offence, so I’m not encouraging anyone to do that. The protesters could face up to 14 years in prison for acting according to their conscience. Even if they’re not imprisoned, simply being charged with a terror offence will hang over them for the rest of their lives.

It’s a matter of weeks since members of Andy Burnham’s government were telling us that no one wants to see old ladies being carried away, and now they’re going further than ever.

Prior to the demonstration, Met Police Commander Adam Slonecki stated that those “providing logistical support will very likely be committing an offence and face enforcement action.”

It appears police have made it a crime to support people who support Palestine Action, even if they don’t support the group themselves! This is stupid on so many levels, not least that Palestine Action doesn’t exist anymore.

Journalist Clare Hymer contacted the Met and asked them to clarify what is meant by logistical support. Does it mean giving someone a lift? Handing out a bottle of water? A few snacks? The Met refused to clarify.

Police can’t explain what counts as criminal behaviour because they’re making it up as they go along. They’re making up secret laws, threatening you with arrest if you break them, and refusing to tell you what those laws are, or what you can do to stay within them! This is textbook fascism.

Not only are grannies and wheelchair users terrorists for expressing opinions the government doesn’t like, but anyone who is nice to those grannies and wheelchair users is also a terrorist.

It gets even stupider when you consider the dispersal order meant police could force people to leave parts of central London on the assumption they might break the made up laws. That means we have pre-crime to go with the assault on free speech.

Where do we draw the line? Are we gonna arrest people for saying they support the right of these people to protest? Are we gonna arrest people for saying they oppose the proscription of Palestine Action on free speech grounds? It’s McCarthyite nonsense to protect a state that’s committing genocide with weapons made in our country.