Posted on 05/12/2025 9:00:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A retired British police officer was arrested for “thought crime” comments criticising the spread of antisemitism in the country.
Former special constable Julian Foulkes, 71, was arrested and received a police caution, a formal warning given by police to someone who admits guilt to a minor offence, over comments he made on social media, The Telegraph reported on Saturday.
The arrest took place in November 2023. It came after Foulkes commented on X over the storming of an airport in Dagestan in which an antisemitic mob attempted to hunt down Jewish passengers. In response to a pro-Palestinian activist’s posts threatening to sue then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman for branding anti-Israel protests as “hate marches”, the retired police officer commented: “One step away from storming Heathrow looking for Jewish arrivals.”
The post was reportedly sent to Kent Police by the Metropolitan Police Intelligence Command over “concerns around online content” despite not having been reported by the public or widely seen. According to The Telegraph, the post had only been viewed 26 times at the time it was flagged by the counter-terror police unit.
Nevertheless, this prompted Kent Police to arrive at the door of their former officer, search his home, and detain him for eight hours. During the search, police were heard criticising Foulkes’ collection of books, including Douglas Murray’s War on the West and issues of The Spectator magazine, as being “very Brexity things.”
“Kent Police decided to interpret my post as anti-Jewish,” he told the broadsheet. “But it was the exact opposite. If they’d looked at the full thread, they’d have understood. It would have taken two minutes. I told them there was more to it, but they didn’t pause the interview to check.”
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A DVD screen in the cage playing Harris, Obama & Biden speeches on and endless loop at volume 11?
“No, stop! Do it to Julia, do it to her! To Julia, not...” Me
Remember Broncobama gifting Queen Elizabeth with a DVD of his most magnificent speeches? lol
I’m convinced that act started her decline, then Joe’s silent-but-deadly ‘slow whistlers’ finished her off.
Right then.
Perfidious Albion alert!
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