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UK police arrest Ken Loach screenwriter Paul Laverty for anti-genocide t-shirt

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The star of I, Daniel Blake was arrested over a t-shirt that read, 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action'

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Maybe if you are arresting hundreds of normal Citizens you are the terrorists.
It's become a bit frightening how much freedom of speech has been restricted in the UK this year. Seems like anything with a word that even vaguely sounds like Palestine in the same sentence as the word action gets you sent to jail.
In Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, a community group tried to organise a peaceful vigil in support of Palestine and were intimidated into hiding it by an actual terrorist organisation. And of course no arrests were made here and their local MP suggested they abide by the threats of the local paramilitaries and hold it indoors.
Dear UK, stop acting retrograde, that's our job.
Signed, US person.
- Those copycats smh my head.
  
  smh my head
  My head
why is the UK so terrified of Israel of all places. Heaven forbid you anger the Zionist pigs.
- They're all old farts who have brainworms from the past 70 years of zionist propaganda. Also still pro-imperialist dogs. Sprinkle in some pedophile blackmailing in there as well.
That doesn't even mention PA
Then again, people have been arrested for wearing the Plasticine Action garb
Honestly the people in the UK need to start doing this on a massive scale. Somehow I don't think the UK prison system can hold millions.
Arresting people for wearing anti-genocide t-shirts. Truly a democracy to look up to /s

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