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Elon Musk brands Britain a 'tyrannical police state' and boosts far-right activist (www.nbcnews.com)

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Elon Musk labeled Britain a “tyrannical police state” on X, criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership, and questioned the imprisonment of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Musk’s comments coincide with his role as a key adviser to Trump, raising concerns in the U.K. about its relationship with the incoming administration.

Musk also criticized Starmer’s policies, including increased farm inheritance taxes, and boosted far-right content on X.

This follows similar clashes with other U.S. allies, including Germany and Australia, over their domestic policies.

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[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip -3 points 3 days ago

Nah. Police in Germany and all neighboring countries is completely different.

[-] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’ll just leave this here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Oury_Jalloh

Oury Jalloh (1969 – 7 January 2005) was an asylum seeker who died in a fire in a police cell in Dessau, Germany. The hands and feet of Jalloh, who was alone in the cell, were tied to a mattress. A fire alarm went off, but was initially turned off without further action by an officer. The case caused national and international outrage at the official narrative of suicide.

That is next to all the racial profiling and systematic violence against pro-Palestinian protestors or climate activists etc.

[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Judging the entire police force of a country by a case from 2005 is kinda insane ngl. I'm not saying every police member is an angel, but the overwhelming majority of german police is completely normal and trustworthy.

systematic violence against pro-Palestinian protestors

Bullshit. There is no such thing. You know what there is tho? A fuckton of anti semitic people that tend to get violent at demonstrations.

[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/we-jews-are-just-arrested-palestinians-are-beaten-german-protesters

[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip -3 points 2 days ago

I didn't read the article, but aljazeera is a fake news factory and on the same level as RT in terms of believability so I won't even bother reading it.

[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hahaha Arabic name scary?

[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago

No, but I generally don't read stuff that is funded and backed by antisemitic organisations.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Hello from a neighboring country. Never had a cop try to escalate a situation. Not every interaction was my view of a good conversation, but during all of them i felt safe.

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Not really.

[-] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Yes really, and if you think don't think so, you've never been to one of these countries

[-] Spectrism@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

Username checks out.

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