Posted on 04/28/2025 1:09:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Footage of rap group Kneecap allegedly calling for the death of British MPs is being assessed by counter-terrorism police.
A video has emerged of the west Belfast trio at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one person from the band saying: "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP."
The Metropolitan Police also said that another video, from November last year, is being assessed. The footage appeared to show a band member shouting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" at a performance in London.
Kneecap have said on social media that they have "faced a co-ordinated smear campaign".
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are banned in the UK and it is a crime to express support for them.
A Met Police spokesperson said: "We were made aware of a video on 22 April, believed to be from an event in November 2024, and it has been referred to the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) for assessment and to determine whether any further police investigation may be required.
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
No different than the pseudo-terrorist group in the U.S. known as the American Communist Party (formerly, in the 1970s, known as the Democrat Party)...
No First Amendment
So edgy... All these “rage against the machine” losers fully support a powerful socialist government with absolute control over every aspect of life. Of course nothing will happen to them as they are good comrades for the ruling elites in the UK.
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