cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34639023

Another Case

The British government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group on 5 July 2025 under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 after members of the network vandalised RAF aircraft at Brize Norton.[12] Since then, British police have arrested 744 individuals for showing support to Palestine Action, many of these resulting from a sit-in on Parliament Square on 9 August 2025.[13][14] Civil liberties groups have criticised the ban as “conflating protest with terrorism.”[15]

    • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
      64·
      15 hours ago

      About five minutes later, the arresting officer approached him again. “He said: ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.’ I said: ‘What’s the good news?’ He said: ‘I’m de-arresting you.’

      “And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’ And then I walked free, while all the real heroes are the people that are actually getting arrested.”

      At least the cop wasn’t a total ass about it.

      I think the UK government is being incredibly stupid and fascist lately with shit like this.

      • Railing5132@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Hey, if it was the US, due would be chewing on concrete with 3 or 4 'roided up cops yelling: “stop resisting!” while kneeling in his neck. I’m not saying the fascism shown here is cute but at least it isn’t so comically over-the-top as it is on this side of the pond.

      • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        The arrest would be the embarrassing part either way. You cannot define terrorism in a way that does not make it a matter of perspective.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      24·
      15 hours ago

      Sort of, he was arrested and then de-arrested, and then began selling the shirt online.