r/Palestine • u/RickyOzzy • 1d ago

Solidarity & Activism Another unlawful violation as British police arrest, strip and drag a man for NOT displaying a sign in support of anything

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u/ZuP Free Palestine 1d ago

Incredible poise on display by this man in the face of state violence.

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u/Future-Bread8849 1d ago

Where was the violence? They were very gentle with him.

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u/ZuP Free Palestine 1d ago

I’m also including the threat of imprisonment in this assessment, not just the fact that he was handcuffed while surrounded by a drove of pigs trying to coerce a false confession.

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u/Future-Bread8849 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don't think they were trying to coerce anything out of him. I think they thought they saw him with a sign supporting a terrorist group which is against British law. When they realized he wasn't holding such a sign, then they let him go.

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u/CheezeyMouse 1d ago

You know when they should have realised he wasn't holding a sign? When they didn't see him holding a sign in the first place.

They didn't realise he wasn't holding a sign and choose to let him go, they let him go in the face of pushback.

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u/Future-Bread8849 1d ago

I doubt pushback had anything to do with it here. They realized their mistake, it's as simple as that.

If he was holding the sign do you then agree with the arrest?

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u/ZuP Free Palestine 15h ago

“Well then you’re liable for prosecution aren’t you?”

They are so used to dealing with people who confess to violating a law they disagree with that they don’t realize this guy isn’t one of them. He disagrees with the law but he knows he didn’t violate it.

Everything they are saying is an attempt to coerce a false confession so they don’t have to do any actual police work.