{"id":61370,"date":"2025-10-22T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61370"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:54:58","slug":"is-britain-still-a-free-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61370","title":{"rendered":"Is Britain Still A Free Country?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The Jerusalem Post<\/a> posted an article about a British Jew who was detained by London police for wearing a Star of David necklace in public.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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Police officers from London’s<\/a> Metropolitan Police arrested a Jewish lawyer for openly wearing a Star of David<\/a> necklace, alleging that doing so “antagonized” pro-Palestinian protesters, and that the symbol could “cause offense,” British outlet The Telegraph<\/em> reported on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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The lawyer claimed to the Telegraph<\/em> that he was handcuffed and detained for almost 10 hours in an attempt to “criminalize the wearing of a Star of David.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would he have been detained for wearing a Christian cross?<\/p>\n

The article includes a video of the police interviewing him. This is the link to that video.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

https:\/\/d1tqwz69ydroxy.cloudfront.net\/b8b56b6a8afbdbe96ad1f9b66cacf7a20edc97e7.ics<\/a><\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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He was arrested at 7 p.m. on August 29 at a pro-Palestine protest<\/a> outside the Israeli embassy in London, and claims he was monitoring the event for unlawful behavior by the protesters, and to scrutinize the actions of the police officers at the scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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The lawyer alleges that his hands were cuffed behind his back, before he was put in the back of a police vehicle, and held for questioning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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The Met denies that the arrest was due to the Star of David necklace, saying that the man was arrested after allegedly “repeatedly breaching” an order from officers to keep opposing protest groups separated, the Telegraph<\/em> reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawyer claimed that he recorded up to 30 incidents of criminal behavior by the protesters, but insisted that none led to a conviction. He also claimed that he has been personally abused, including being called a “Zionist baby killer.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Police are arguing that wearing a Star of David is antagonising to protesters while we have seen all manner of antisemitic slogans on placards and shouted at Jews that have gone unpunished,” he told the Telegraph<\/em>, in what he referred to as one of the clearest examples of two-tier policing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how this case turns out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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