Are you going on the “Hate March”? (11/11/23) - Poll

[SpookyFrank]

Nothing to connect her to the protest apart from her mentioning 'Free Palestine' which is an entirely reasonable view, but doesn't actually connect her to the protest.

Is that what ordinary punters are going to see though? When there's a lot of powerful people trying very hard to find a pretext to conflate Palestinian rights with antisemitism? Downplaying this kind of shit doesn't help anyone. It's unacceptable wherever it happened and for whatever motivation.

 

[GarveyLives]

How do you know the people are City lawyers?

The description of two lawyers employed as associates in the London offices of Slaughter and May and Morrison Foerster as "City lawyers" does not appear controversial. Particularly when they take to "social media" to self-identify as associates of the two firms concerned.

 

[GarveyLives]

Earlier today at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Ian Beim, 57, of The Crescent in Surbiton, and Kevin Sweeney, 61, of Upper Farm Road in West Molesey, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated public order offences against members of the public at Waterloo station on 11 November 2023. The court was told that the men were heard shouting abuse and were recorded on phones belonging to several of the members of the public.

Kevin Sweeney approached one man taking a video and said 'Yeah, you terrorist c***', to which Ian Beim added 'Yeah, go on, keep going'.

They then boarded a train where they continued to use abusive language towards members of the public, including calling them "terrorists" and "bombers"

(Source: Press Eye)​

Kevin Sweeney and Ian Beim have been granted unconditional bail until they return to Westminster Magistrates' Court on 15 January 2024 for sentencing.

 

[Dystopiary]

57 and 61, jeez.

 

[krtek a houby]

Give them life sentences.

 

[TopCat]

Give them life sentences.

Wtf? Few hundred quid fine. Community restorative penalty. Monitoring.

Life seems a bit excessive.

 

[kenny g]

Wtf? Few hundred quid fine. Community restorative penalty. Monitoring.

Life seems a bit excessive.

I'm quite looking forwards to hearing the mitigation. In these cases it usually involves in excess of 12 pints of lager, spectacular periods of wakefulness, family and work stress, and a lifetime dedicated to their local community.

 

[TopCat]

I'm quite looking forwards to hearing the mitigation. In these cases it usually involves in excess of 12 pints of lager, spectacular periods of wakefulness, family and work stress, and a lifetime dedicated to their local community.

Throw in unverified accounts of them being shouted at themselves, were feeling scared, someone else was assaulted etc.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

They was protecting the cenotaph, m’ lud.

 

[TopCat]

They was protecting the cenotaph, m’ lud.

It would be wise not to mention that.

 

[Ground Elder]

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[krtek a houby]

Wtf? Few hundred quid fine. Community restorative penalty. Monitoring.

Life seems a bit excessive.

Send the evil fucks to Rwanda

 

[TopCat]

Send the evil fucks to Rwanda

Ok. That’s sounds fair, proportionate, and reasonable. You are good to go.

 

[krtek a houby]

Ok. That’s sounds fair, proportionate, and reasonable. You are good to go.

Braverman can accompany them

 

[hitmouse]

I'm quite looking forwards to hearing the mitigation. In these cases it usually involves in excess of 12 pints of lager, spectacular periods of wakefulness, family and work stress, and a lifetime dedicated to their local community.

I hope their lawyers call Braverman and Laurence Taylor to testify in their defence.

 

[Karl Masks]

57 and 61, jeez.

foetal stage gammon. Hopefully they get stiff sentences. But that will only reinforce their sense of oppression. Everyone's out to get them, the woke police/judiciary/jury/media/teachers/etc

 

[GarveyLives]

While this individual (in the middle of the photograph) remains at liberty, the police are reportedly 'hunting' for a 36 year-old woman for for carrying a homemade placard with photographs of coconuts on it "in relation to a hate crime".

Coconuts.​

The "hunt" is over - she has been found:

Woman who carried placard depicting Sunak and Braverman as coconuts charged with hate crime

(Source: Metropolitan Police)

"Media are reminded that proceedings are now active and nothing should be reported that could risk prejudicing those proceedings"​

 

[Lucky 888]

The "hunt" is over - she has been found:

Woman who carried placard depicting Sunak and Braverman as coconuts charged with hate crime

(Source: Metropolitan Police)

"Media are reminded that proceedings are now active and nothing should be reported that could risk prejudicing those proceedings"​

She is too good looking to be full of hate and racism.

 

[editor]

She is too good looking to be full of hate and racism.

Her looks are irrelevant.

 

[krtek a houby]

She is too good looking to be full of hate and racism.

Fuck off singsongfun

 

[GarveyLives]

An analysis of last Saturday's events following the attempts by the now immediate past Home Secretary to incite racial conflict at this protest:

How the UK far right hijacked Armistice Day

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services have criticised former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his home secretary Suella Braverman in an official report for wrongly lambasting the Metropolitan Police’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests:

Suella Braverman criticised over ‘pro-Palestinian mob’ comments in report she ordered herself

 

[GarveyLives]

The "hunt" is over - she has been found:

Woman who carried placard depicting Sunak and Braverman as coconuts charged with hate crime

(Source: Metropolitan Police)

"Media are reminded that proceedings are now active and nothing should be reported that could risk prejudicing those proceedings"​

With some claims that the number of people killed in the conflict that was the subject matter of the protest could be 186,000, a protestor has been placed on trial regarding ... coconuts:

Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard trial begins

'Coconuts' trial: London protest arrest prompted by tweet by 'secretive' pro-Israel blog

 

[teqniq]

Hooray!

'Coconuts' trial: Woman acquitted over Palestine protest placard

Marieha Hussain faced charges over placard with images of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman at a pro-Palestine protest in November

www.middleeasteye.net

 

[GarveyLives]

With some claims that the number of people killed in the conflict that was the subject matter of the protest could be 186,000, a protestor has been placed on trial regarding ... coconuts:

Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard trial begins

'Coconuts' trial: London protest arrest prompted by tweet by 'secretive' pro-Israel blog

Hooray!

'Coconuts' trial: Woman acquitted over Palestine protest placard

Marieha Hussain faced charges over placard with images of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman at a pro-Palestine protest in November

www.middleeasteye.net

Rajiv Menon KC, defending, said:

'This prosecution of Ms Hussain is ... a disturbing attack on the right of freedom of expression; the right to peaceful protest that did not risk in any shape or form violence or public disorder; the right to anti-racists to criticise members of their own race for pursuing racist policies and using racist rhetoric; the right to satirise our politicians; the right to mock and tease and make fun of our politicians in a light-hearted way that Marieha Hussain attempted to do with her placard.

'That Marieha Hussain of all people is being prosecuted for a racially aggravated offence whilst the likes of Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - aka Tommy Robinson - and Frank Hester are seemingly free to make inflammatory and divisive statements ... is, I'm afraid, incomprehensible to many people.'

Coconuts.​

 

[GarveyLives]

What’s your view on that? Genuine question?

What an embarrassing waste of public money:

How woman with coconut placard was tracked down, taken to court - and acquitted

 

[TopCat]

I was pleased with the outcome.