More than 425 people have been arrested at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.

Defend Our Juries, who organised the demonstrations, said there were 1,500 sign-holders in Parliament Square on Saturday at a fresh protest in London against the ban. At the previous major demonstration last month, 532 people were arrested for taking part. Participants gathered in Parliament Square by 1pm, many holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

At just after 9pm, the Metropolitan police said it had made more than 425 arrests. The Met’s deputy assistant commissioner, Claire Smart, who led the operation, said: “In carrying out their duties today, our officers have been punched, kicked, spat on and had objects thrown at them by protesters. It is intolerable that those whose job it is to enforce the law and keep people safe – in this case arresting individuals committing offences under the Terrorism Act – should be subject to this level of abuse.”

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[–] 91 points 1 year ago (28 children)
  • Daddy, what did you do at work today?
  • I arrested a granny because she said starving children to death is bad.
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    [–] 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    ...and keep people safe – in this case arresting individuals committing offences under the Terrorism Act...

    Ah yes, everyone is much safer now.

    (Back in my day, being a terrorist actually meant something. Way to water down the term.)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "Terrorist" means "against the interests of the state". In a democracy, the state is the people. In absolutistic systems, the state is the Elites.
    Guess what?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In what country was the state the people, ever?

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Once again the /r/worldNews thread on this is a cesspool

    "These morons, don't they know they threw paint into a plane engine?! Arrest them all, Israel has a right to defend itself!"

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    It is intolerable that those whose job it is to enforce the law and keep people safe

    "Keep people safe" defending the extermination of a group of people in the Middle East.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    As serious as the situation is, the blind guy holding his sign upside down gave me a chuckle.

    Good on him though.

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    [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Claire would be pushing people into the showers and complaining that they looked at her funny before she closed the airtight door.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    The people using force to try and scare the rest into complying with their ideology aren't the ones being booked for Terrorism.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago*

    Keir Starmer is a Zionist authoritarian who takes his orders from the israeli ambassador.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    This government will not rest until Nigel Farage lives at number 10.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    thanks for keeping London safe by arresting terrorist pensioners

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    First day on the job for a Home Secretary that says she as an ardent supporter of Palestine and has challenged previous government ministers to recognise Palestinian statehood.

    What's she going to do now that she has the power to effect change?

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    How long they been building out that capacity?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The pathetic remnants of an exploitative empire on their downwards spiral into fascism.

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