Brutkey

Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Given that getting on for 750 people have been arrested for peacefully protesting about the proscription of Palestine Action in the last two weeks, and the maximum penalty under the Terrorism Act for showing support for a proscribed organisation is 14 years... it looks like Yvette Cooper is going to become even more unpopular if even some of these protestors end up with long jail terms for merely peacefully holding up placards.

And its unlikely to get better!

#protest #democracy ´politics

Charlotte Walker
@purplepadma@beige.party

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us With a possible sentence like that, I presume these cases deemed too serious for magistrates’ courts? Because there is already a huge backlog of cases awaiting Crown Court trial…

Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

@purplepadma@beige.party

Well, that's an interning issue.... I imagine Cooper will be wanting to avoid jury trials as juries have been known to take a different view on matter connected with protest from the Home Office

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @purplepadma@beige.party

Don't mention Jury nullification, which could potentially be an issue for any potential crown court cases 😉

vicarvernon
@vicarvernon@mastodon.me.uk

@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @purplepadma@beige.party isn't there a prison issue? Already so overwhelmed there are releases of some who have only completed 40% of their sentences, there's no need to add to the problem.

Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊)
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

@vicarvernon@mastodon.me.uk @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @purplepadma@beige.party

Probably unlikely. There is no actual risk to the public from an elder who is blind or in a wheelchair protesting despite what the Home Secretary might say or believe.