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If a blind protester in a wheelchair is considered a terrorist, anyone can be treated as a terrorist (www.councilestatemedia.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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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.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is muslims in the idf terrorists let's not make it about jews

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes the Muslims are driving this genocide. Israeli Jew dindu nuffin, my goy

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Israelis are driving the genocide no matter their religion. There is proud muslim terrorists in the idf that like genocide. The problem is zionism not judaism

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Israel is the Jewish state by law. That shit was blasted for generations as part of the propaganda to get westoid normie to be a useful idiot to enable the genocide.

Can't undo it now that it is not convinient. But y'all keep trying.

If you can't call the perpetrator, we will never get justice.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The perpetrators are israelis occupation supporter including muslims one and all it's collaborstors like the PA which are majoritarly muslims

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah and the poles did the Holocaust 🤡

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

what a stupid statement

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, plenty of Poles collaborated with the Nazis to make the Holocaust work. For Poland alone, take a look at this article:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_pogroms_in_eastern_Poland

It's good that you mention Poland by the way because their government(s) criminalize attributing any responsibility for the Holocaust to Poles:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amendment_to_the_Act_on_the_Institute_of_National_Remembrance

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 month ago

Israelis will accuse anyone of holocaust but the Germans.

You are proving my point here. You spreading a common isralie talking point. Are you Israeli or a useful idiot?

Poles among other people were victims of Holocaust. Trying to gloss this part and attributing Holocaust on collaborators is a pathetic war crimes denial.