It's good here, isn't it? 
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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Maybe another three prime minister changes will fix things.
tbf if it was amerikkka he would have been shot
nah he's white and we're allowed to open-carry sports equipment here.
you're allowed to in the uk too but pigs on a power trip will do what they like and in amerikkka that means you get shot
should there be an updated 
but for class too
in the UK, there is a chance the police will impale your head on a spike.
Only if it didn't have TRUMP on it.
Oi mate you got a loicense to be playing baseball
That there's a provisional cricket licence. You'll be coming with me, mate.
They're not going to like my cool novelty cane that shoots a spring loaded sword out of the end of it with a press of a button. I want a gun cane sometime too
It's actually a based ball-bat, used to fend off the BritLadx, as referenced in the photo.
I mean fuck the police and I don't care to defend them but the article literally states they don't know the context. I don't doubt the police will do arbitrary shit, but in this case the narrative is based on nothing, which just makes it random fearmongering.
All the video shows someone being arrested and a bunch of people shouting, we don't actually hear anything as to why he's being arrested.
I've walked that exact street a thousand times, people are carrying and doing weird shit every day, I would be surprised if he's actually being arrested for carrying the bat.
no, we absolutely dont have to give the police the benefit of the doubt
ACAB means the fuckers in the UK, too
its embarassing i have to say this on this website goddamn
I am pretty angried by this response. Yes, ACAB is 100% true but that doesn't also mean any negative narrative is automatically true either.
I think we should believe true things and not false things 
And fuck it really is embarrassing I have to say this on this website goddamn. Maybe this site is too addicted to outrage slop. 
there is absolutely nothing in this video or the surrounding news stories that even suggest we need to give the pigs the benefit of the doubt for a second, lib
truth isnt something you glean by doing the bullshit of "we need more context" which weve seen racists and fash pull over and over and over again in regards to cops killing people and brutalizing marginalized communities
you talk about truth but in my experience assuming the worst of the police, especially those of the western world, has served me well in unveiling the truth in 98% of cases and this will be no diferent
edit: oh look heres a released statement from the pigs. you were wrong to give them the benefit of the doubt the guy committed no crime
"He has since been released with no further action."
"Enquiries found the bat was bought the previous week, but no intent could be proven and therefore no crime was committed. Our Professional Standards Directorate has reviewed the footage, and no misconduct has been identified."
There was a reel on facebook that was like white guy arrested after buying baseball bat but immigrants are waving knives around! They're coming for white people! White genocide! 
I’m not surprised that the incident has been co-opted by those kinds of people unfortunately, although I originally saw the video on r/LateStageCapitalism