Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

You will be refused bail even if you only watched riots from the sidelines, judge warns
UK Telegraph ^ | 08 09 2024 | Telegraph Reporters

Posted on 08/09/2024 8:45:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A judge has warned that anybody present at a riot will be remanded in custody, even if they were only a “curious observer”.

District Judge Francis Rafferty said that someone’s presence at a riot made them involved in the riot as he refused two bail applications.

The judge spoke as four men appeared in Belfast magistrates’ court charged in relation to disorder in the city.

Cameron Armstrong, 18, from Belfast, was charged with rioting in the Connswater area of east Belfast, which saw “violent disorder, petrol bombs, fireworks and different projectiles thrown at police and extensive damage caused to property”, the court heard. ‘Periphery of the scene’

Armstrong’s solicitor said that his client had never come to the attention of the police before, adding that while he admitted he was on the “periphery” of the scene, he denied being involved in any of the disorder.

When asked by the judge what he was doing at the scene, the defence solicitor told the court that Armstrong had gone to the area “to have a look”, adding that he had left when petrol bombs were thrown.

Judge Rafferty said: “He doesn’t have to throw a petrol bomb or brick to be involved in disorder, if he’s present at disorder.”

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: European Union; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1984; aliens; belfast; britain; cameronarmstrong; civilwar; dissent; doxfrancisrafferty; draconian; enemieslist; england; fartyshadesofgreen; francisrafferty; freespeech; immigration; invasion; keirstalin; nazijudge; northernireland; notimmigration; orwellcalledit; policestate; protests; rafferty; starmer; twotierkeir; uk; unitedkingdom
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-125 next last
To: yesthatjallen

Stay in your homes and shut up!


41 posted on 08/09/2024 9:43:45 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Thapsus_epiphany

> Where is King Charles in this? <

The UK monarch reigns, but does not rule. That’s the saying.

But then I must ask, what good is a monarch if he just stands by and does nothing in times like these?

Another Freeper mentioned that the monarchy is valuable as a tourist attraction. So maybe that’s it. The royal family can wave, smile, and sell souvenirs as their country goes to hell.


42 posted on 08/09/2024 9:48:30 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Thats bs. Witnesses are not criminals.


43 posted on 08/09/2024 9:50:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen
..... Does anybody here even care to ask the one question that should be asked while we still live in a "Constitutional Repulic?"

....... How the heck is this even Constitutional?????

.

44 posted on 08/09/2024 9:50:51 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

2084 is alive and well in the UK


45 posted on 08/09/2024 9:52:29 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DoodleBob
> Are they locking up reporters? <

The UK police will go after the low-hanging fruit. So leave the screaming Muslims alone. But that granny who stops to see what’s happening on her way to work - lock that filthy troublemaker up!


46 posted on 08/09/2024 9:55:18 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

The Administrative State must be dismantled.

- Liz Truss, Tuesday, April 16, 2024


47 posted on 08/09/2024 9:57:13 PM PDT by linMcHlp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. N. Wolfe

“Covid lock-downs in 2020. Two years later, prohibited from sharing opinions on social media. Prohibited from silently praying outside abortion clinics. Prohibited from watching a riot in progress.”

It’s not like there were mass riots or anything when they stole our liberty and freedoms from US then. This is simply an ongoing result of said theft while our so called reps and the snooze orgs take turns sitting on each others thumbs.

Surely all that rotating has got to be making them dizzy with delight.

You forgot prohibiting fair and honest elections.


48 posted on 08/09/2024 9:57:54 PM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Britain has fallen. Pray for the people. 🙏


49 posted on 08/09/2024 9:58:55 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Pray for President Trump. Never b"e a slave in a new Socialist America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: R_Kangel

Why is there any presumption it would be constitutional? What does “constitutional” even mean in the context?


50 posted on 08/09/2024 9:59:14 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: lee martell

“ Does he think people don’t see the selective enforcement of the common law?”

He wants people to see that very thing.

L


51 posted on 08/09/2024 10:00:44 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.p)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: steve86
..... I was unaware of the country of refference in this article .... So .... Point Taken .....

.

52 posted on 08/09/2024 10:02:56 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: laplata

Marines. Army would be the occupation force.


53 posted on 08/09/2024 10:10:19 PM PDT by Spacetrucker ("You Missed,BI*CH" Tom MacDonald )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Mr. N. Wolfe

How is this any different than communist China or North Korea?

It ain’t. Britain as we knew it is dead.


54 posted on 08/09/2024 10:15:43 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Evil won...again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Pajamajan

Britain will be a caliphate within a decade.


55 posted on 08/09/2024 10:17:01 PM PDT by Right Brother (From Biden to Harris. From pee pads to kneepads.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: pigeoninthepark

Where is Stalin when we need him? Is he still dead?


56 posted on 08/09/2024 10:20:48 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: RitchieAprile

Love your screen name…
Great series, still waiting for the sequel before they are all gone…


57 posted on 08/09/2024 10:31:36 PM PDT by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

The UK doesn’t have an actual written constitution.

Maybe King Charles could step up and demand that his kingdom be restored to its rightful people and stop being used as a dumping ground for third world rejects. (Perhaps he could find a better way to phrase it).

I believe he still holds some political powers should he decide to exercise them?

What’s happening is beyond understanding for me.


58 posted on 08/09/2024 10:37:25 PM PDT by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: Thapsus_epiphany

> Maybe King Charles could step up and demand that his kingdom be restored to its rightful people… <

The British monarch has considerable “reserve powers”. But I don’t believe they’ve been used since the early 1700s. Anyway, Charles has chosen a side. And it’s the wrong side.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4257509/posts?page=14#14


59 posted on 08/09/2024 10:46:39 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Spacetrucker

How would the military handle Russia, Iran and China all at the same time?


60 posted on 08/09/2024 10:48:30 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-125 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson