OK, London Police, how about doing the same with the recurring 'pro-Palestine' manifestations? If the goal is to catch 'suspects' there's sure to be ripe pickings awaiting those face-scanning drones.

I won't hold my breath for them to do something like this given the record of 'two-tier justice' in the UK, a record which launched people like 'Tommy Robinson' (a pseudonym hence the quotes) into the spotlight and which may well be the final push 'Reform' needs to become 'first past the goal posts' in the next election. For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

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KaiserPro 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> OK, London Police, how about doing the same with the recurring 'pro-Palestine' manifestations?

The Palestine Action demos are far easier to police, because its a proscribed group, anyone expressing support for them are instantly nicked. Hence why there are something like >2000 arrests.

Now one could argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech, but given the way you've written this I suspect that you might not agree with me.

> 'two-tier justice' in the UK, a record which launched people like 'Tommy Robinson' (a pseudonym hence the quotes) into the spotlight

I would strongly contest that the justice system launched him. Given that he founded the EDL, and spent most of the time headbutting people, I would say he's famous because of the work he put in, to be famous.

Side note: its the Met, not london police, and the police are distinct and separate from the courts

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JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> how about doing the same with the recurring 'pro-Palestine' manifestations?

Genuine question: has there been physical violence (against people, not property) at their protests in the UK?

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skippyboxedhero an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes, they have also carried out terrorist attacks in the UK. There is a reason why Palestine Action was proscribed. A reality of extreme left-wing "protests" in the UK is that they have media blackouts because they have a tendency to get quite nasty (as an example, there was a group that used to follow the family of a well-known Tory MP when they weren't at home, in the UK these "protests" are generally not reported because it encourages others do the same...more recently, Starmer's wife has been targeted because she is Jewish, Starmer has referred to these "problems" in interviews i believe).

One of the affiliated groups in the pro-Palestine demo is funded by a group which provides the majority of funding to the Labour party...so there is that.

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lorecore 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

No, to answer the parent's question Palestine Action has not harmed a single person. They use direct action against Zionist military targets, but they've never harmed a single individual.

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pinewurst 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

The policewoman they maimed with a sledgehammer wasn’t an individual?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75kp15xz4yo

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elzbardico 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your values are pretty much fucked my friend.