Yesterday marked one of the most shameful days in the history of the Metropolitan Police as they arrested peaceful protesters including a blind man in a wheelchair, an 81-year-old woman with Parkinson’s, a former British army officer, and a bunch of, um, Quakers. All of them were protesting against two things: the UK’s ongoing participation in the Gaza genocide and the proscription of Palestine Action. All of them were arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Imagine being the police officer whose job it was to wheel this man away. You can see the shame in his face as he lowers his head. These officers must know history is not going to judge them kindly, but they must also know just following orders is not okay. If I was a police officer, I would not have made those arrests, even if it cost me my job. Doing the right thing is infinitely more important than just following orders.
Yesterday police made twice the number of counter-terrorism arrests than they did in all of 2023 and one-fifth of those arrested were over 70. One police officer was wearing a hat that suggested he came from a Welsh police force. Remember this when police say they can’t send any officers out after you’ve been burgled. Police are dealing with the real criminals now, and the real criminals include quakers. Yes, quakers were arrested.
And mississippi only got that federal scrutiny after they kidnapped and murdered white protesters along with people of color. If the KKK hadn’t gone that far, I’m not sure we would have seen that federal response.
Pretty sure it had more to do with the church bombing that killed 4 little black girls, but you clearly can’t accept any examples of goodwill from whom you view an enemy.
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you do realize there’s a difference between mississippi and alabama, right?
like, I know it’s all the south and racism kinds to smear the boundaries but I was specific in my wording because I meant mississippi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing <-- alabammy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schwerner <— mrs’ssippy
man, sometimes I feel nuance is entirely lost on this crowd because they’re so quick to attempt to correct what they’re either misreading or misunderstanding.
So because of some imaginary lines you reject the correct timeline of events?
so we should just mash up all the events for all the places into some kind of quantuum hyperstate because you can’t tell the difference between one and the other?
and when did the fbi actually start acting against the KKK in the place we were discussing, mississippi?
did they start cracking down hard on those mississippi klansmen when those poor children were murdered?
YES. YYEESSS.
NOT. ENOUUGGHGHGHGHG. OBVIOUSLY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner
So I’m done having this convo, you’re pedantic and genuinely boring. And apparently as dense as you are annoying.
I’m sorry that holding child murderers accountable for their crimes bores you, have a good life.