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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This is what the left wants do do in the USA.
Dear Prime Minister:
You missed at least one of your five daily prayers. Pray that that doesn’t happen again.
Your wife is immodest. She was not wearing head covering last Wednesday.
We are still waiting on legislation to close the breweries and pubs.
Allah is watching, and so are we.
What is an illegal post in the UK? It’s whatever the police want.
What is illegal speech in the UK? It’s whatever the police want.
Such a sad situation will inevitably lead to self-censorship, which is just what the UK Deep State is shooting for.
Oops! I said “shooting”. I suppose that if I visit Britain anytime soon, I’ll be arrested for advocating violence.
When London elected a muslim mayor I knew that was the beginning of the UK circling the bowl......europe in general for that matter.
Muslims have control of the gov’t......they are moving on America. If Americans are not careful they will destroy Democracy here. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Muslims have control of the gov’t......they are moving on America. If Americans are not careful they will destroy Democracy here. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
As soon as I saw the word, “post”, I said to myself, “obviously this is not the US”. Our constitution is really starting to separate us from countries like the UK and Canada, among others.
Muslims have control of the gov’t......they are moving on America.
Check out Germany. It just opened a rat line so citizens can report each other to their Deep State...
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/germany/germanys-conspiracy-theory-hotline/
And people can’t get why Trump wants Greenland...
The man they arrested should change his name to “Winston Smith.”
The UK seems to be the epicenter of wokeness and all things Orwellian.
Given the opportunity police unreluctantly take the LAZY work of becoming thought police.
Lots of property crime in the UK.
It is my understanding, count yourself lucky if you can get the police to show up to take a report.
But don’t expect it to go any further than filing a report.
The GENIUS of the Rudy approach to NYC crime was the “broken windows” policy.
Third world urban s***holes have become the opposite of that.
So when the police and their bosses don’t occupy their time doing real police work, they take the easy road with FAKE crimes.
what could have been expected? Its the UK
White gentiles are jailed for offending Jews.
Alison Chabloz jailed for anti-Semitic radio show comments.
Muslims are permitted to engage in violence against Jews.
Britain does not have a two-tiered justice system. It is multi-tiered.
Identities of both the accused and victim is taken into consideration. Points accorded by race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identify, etc. Analyze the final scores, then determine the guilt.
There are no laws in Oceania from 1984, why then is it such a terrifying and repressing place?
Answer
The answer to this question lies in the dual nature of laws—on the one hand, they exist so that people will know how to behave, and on the other hand, they exist to protect people from arbitrary accusation and persecution.
It appears that the only way for England to recover is to find another Guido — and, this time one who gets the job done.
Next time he gets a cage and rat on his head.
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