I’m not arguing about the designation, that’s up to the government. However the people that been arrested for holding up the signs knew exactly what they where doing and had been warned before their arrests. They were protesting the proscription of Palistine Action rather than generally supporting Palistine.
We will find out how it all plays out once the appeals process is completed.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
JTAC based their assessment largely on the Filton incident where a police officer suffered possibly life-changing injuries after a PA member attacked them repeatedly with a sledgehammer.
The underlying basis was the definition used in the Terrorism Act, of a group that commits serious damage to property in order to influence government policy. The UK is one of the few places to have such a broad definition.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh gosh one person severely injured, that is horrible. I am truly sorry for their suffering as no one deserves treatment like that.
On the other hand there have been a verifiable 172,000 Palestinian injuries with over 72,000 estimated deaths.
The government knew full well what they were doing and anyone defending it should be ashamed to defend this abuse of human rights. There is no doubt in my mind about this because it is a verifiable pattern.
Just like UKs support of Israel.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
That and breaking into a military base and damaing hardware.
mrdown@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
A military base involved in support genocide thr ultimate form of terrorism
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
As they falsely claimed. The planes they damaged had nothing at all to do with israel.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
they should be rewarded for that.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
That incident doesn’t seem to be in the JTAC assessment.
craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Of course when the video was released to the courts it showed it was the police officer doing the brutalising on the protester. Not surprising the police would lie.