Jonathan Schofield@urlyman@mastodon.social
…Before the protest, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan police said: “We are aware that the organisers of Saturday’s planned protest are encouraging hundreds of people to turn out with the intention of placing a strain on the police and the wider criminal justice system.”’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/defiance-grows-uk-ban-palestine-protest-group-action
Which is exactly what is needed when idiot MPs pass bad law sculpted by a reactionary Home Secretary propping up indefensible foreign policy from a Labour government full of shit
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
@urlyman@mastodon.social
The police are allowed to prioritise the crimes that they choose to devote effort to solving. Every crime that was not investigated by the Met Police over the weekend because they decided to arrest non-violent protesters was a policy decision by their leadership. Newspapers need to start listing every crime that was not investigated because the police decided to prioritise pointless activity.