There’s a lot of simmering anger, resentment and frustration in many communities in this country. It’s been building for years. The stabbing of those poor girls at their dance class seems to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.
This isn’t just the EDL (an organisation which disbanded more than a decade ago), this is thousands of English people who are furious. We can try and understand the sources of that fury, and then begin the work to resolve it, or we’ll keep getting these sorts of horrid outbreaks of ugly violence.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
JSO got what, 6 years? Let’s see what the rightoid loons get.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
5 years for one of them IIRC, although their case was more complicated than Reddit/Lemmy comments often state. Reddit/Lemmy often says they got 5 years for peacefully protesting, however:
the protestors affected emergency services
the protesters were repeat offenders
the protesters said they are glad they broke the law
the protester who got the longest sentence was in contempt of court and got arrested again during the court case
the protestor who got the longest sentence was continually rude to the judge and constantly tried to create drama in the courtroom, generally a terrible idea.
the protester who got the longest sentence said he would commit more crimes, he would never stop, and he couldn’t wait to get out there and commit more crimes.
5 years is a long time, but at the same time, particularly that last one, honestly wtf did he expect to happen? The judge to say “oh cool mate, go on now, leave my courtroom and commit more crimes. Boys will be boys! What a little scallywag!”? He left the judge with little choice but to come down on him hard.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Cars affect them way more, so if anything JSO would prolly in the long term make things better for them.
Based.
Based.
Based.
Based.
Based. Being a judge prosecuting fucking climate protestors is the real crime.
Unreal, I don’t even know the guy but have enormous respect for him. Thanks for sharing this.
HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Literally Jorjor Well
YeetPics@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Well if he was rude he should clearly get excommunicated if not defenestrated.
/s
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If being rude to the judge means you get more prison time then you’re already so far down the rabbit hole you need to rebel. That’s straight out of the authoritarian handbook.
And a repeat offender of hanging from road signs? Really? Oh no. The world is ending.
You guys are grasping at straws here. They weren’t even the ones to stop traffic. They were above it all holding signs. You’re blaming them for the actions of the state that’s massively over reacted on their punishment. In other words, victim blaming.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
No it’s alright you see because Our Tommeh said was for Our Countreh.