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The UK Police will arrest you for a mean tweet

UK Man Arrested For ‘Malicious Communications’ After Posting Meme Mocking the Transgender Flag

And silent praying

WATCH: NEW footage of police arresting woman for silently praying

They’ll arrest you for a whole bunch of things they don’t like. They were positevely medieval during COVID. Want to stand in your front yard? They’ll threaten you. Make fun of Muslims

British man arrested for posting anti-Hamas video on Facebook

That was just the beginning of November. And now?

UK police step up efforts to ensure a massive pro-Palestinian march in London remains peaceful

London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead.

More than 2,000 officers, some called in from surrounding forces, will be on the streets of the capital this weekend to make to ensure marchers obey the law and to prevent potential confrontations with counter protesters, the Metropolitan Police Service said.

Police are also taking steps to reassure the Jewish community, which has been targeted by a surge in antisemitic incidents since Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and Israeli forces responded with strikes and sending troops into the Gaza Strip.

“We know the cumulative impact continued protest, increasing tensions, and rising hate crimes are having across London and the fear and anxiety our Jewish communities in particular are feeling,” the police said in a statement. “They have a right to feel safe in their city, knowing they can travel across London without feeling afraid of intimidation or harassment.”

In fairness, the police have arrested a few pro-Hamas Jew haters in the previous weeks, but, not many.

But police have gone further, declaring an exclusion zone around the Cenotaph and stationing a 24-hour guard around the memorial, amid concerns that some protesters may seek to deface it. Protesters have also been barred from the streets around the Israeli Embassy, near the start of the march, and some areas next to the U.S. Embassy.

Police also said they would take steps to prevent convoys of vehicles traveling to the march from driving through Jewish communities. In past years, convoys carrying people who waved flags and shouted antisemitic abuse caused “significant concern, fear and upset,” the force said.

If the protesters were carrying anti-trans material, lighting the rainbow flag on fire, and chanting “fake men should not be in real women’s sports” they’d be arrested and the protest would be shut down. In fairness, the ultra-crazy right wingers led by Tommy Robinson are creating a bunch of problems right now, and started much earlier, so, we’ll see if they clash with the pro-Hamas folks. Two wackjob groups mixing should be fun. But, at least the Tommy Robinson folks mostly want to protect England from the extremist Muslim invasion.