UK: London Police Commissioner Threatens Prosecution of US Citizens for Wrong Speech
A chilling effect on speech is coming 'round the bend for Folsom prison
https://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2024/08/uk-london-police-commissioner-threatens.html
As most of you know, riots have been going on all over England in response to the horrific stabbing murder of three little girls by a 17-year-old of Rwandan descent. (He was born in the UK.) It appears that the Brits have had enough and have turned out in cities all over the nation to protest, demand a stop to immigrant crime, and in addition, destroy property, set fires, and throw objects at cops. As I wrote before, I condemn the violence and attacks against cops, but I can understand the anger and frustration on the part of those who are rioting. Their government is simply not protecting them and addressing their legitimate concerns.
Oops! That comment might just get me picked up by the FBI, extradited to Merry Olde England, and delivered into the hands of the London Police Commissioner, a chap by the name of Mark Rowley. He has issued a public statement that he will prosecute not just Brits who say the wrong things about the riots, but people outside the UK as well, meaning online commentators, bloggers and writers like me. He specifically mentioned the US.
The government has promised stiff prosecution for the rioters (as long as they are of a certain persuasion, of course). The UK, like the rest of Europe, enjoys fewer rights of speech than we do in the US. But this is troubling. I can see it if American citizens are secretly sending arms to the rioters, which would be illegal in the US as well, but this is a stretch.
Purported hate speech being treatedcsubjectively by policeceas warned against publicly by Lord Sumption. But then U.K. have a woman KC whose name also begins with S ( one put forward by her peers to be on U.N. Human Rights group) claiming she will have Elon prosecuted. I recommrnd she read Prey by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and that she takes notecof N England Rotherham's 1,400 rapes mainly of young girls and who the perpetrators are. I have had experience in education, in community and in my neighbourhood with extremely violent persons allied to the Muslim Brotherhood. It is sensible to be cautious. It is not sensible to bow to sharia law which operates via mosques and imams ( under the radar). 'Honour' killings have been happening in U.K. for decades.
It's amazing how quickly we have become criminals to be arrested.
Just a year or so ago we were law abiding, litter picking up, non swearing, not spitting in the streets, model citizens.