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Police arrest more than 3,400 people for ‘offensive’ online comments 2017 (free speech dead in UK)
Freedom Post--The Times ^

Posted on 01/14/2018 12:39:07 PM PST by Cubs Fan

Police have arrested more than 3,400 people for ‘offensive’ online comments in one year an investigation by The Times has revealed.

Figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that political police chiefs have been spending taxpayers’ money on arresting internet trolls under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which makes it illegal to intentionally “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” introduced in 2016.

Given that thirteen police forces have refused to submit the figures of their arrests of internet commentators, the total number of politically motivated harassment and arrest by police is certain to be far higher.

(Excerpt) Read more at freedompost.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 1984; britain; europeanunion; fascistpolicestate; freespeech; speecharrests; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: SkyDancer

Whatever Donald Trump says doesn’t matter as much as what the UK is doing to itself.

Its imploding.

Peter Hitchens describes himself as the scribe of his country’s obituary.


41 posted on 01/14/2018 1:56:57 PM PST by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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To: SaveFerris

“Liberals are prepared to receive and fully-embrace the Antichrist (IMHO). 2008 and 2012 proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt. They have a serious disconnect with reality”.

Absolutely! That’s an excellent point. They have diseased minds. Discernment is very foreign to them.


42 posted on 01/14/2018 2:06:30 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Yeah, whats up with the Brits?”

I think there are clues in the British series “Shameless,” disgusting as it is.

If watched not as entertainment but as material for study, you can get an idea what happened to white limeys.


43 posted on 01/14/2018 2:07:59 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: laplata
It's absolutely mind-boggling to see them defend lies and ridiculous twists. A full-blown cult.
44 posted on 01/14/2018 2:25:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

It’s absolutely mind-boggling to see them defend lies and ridiculous twists. A full-blown cult.

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They are under an evil spell.

People on our side who say they pose no danger had better get a clue. They are very dangerous. If conservatives were rounded up and exterminated, they would have no objections.


46 posted on 01/14/2018 3:58:54 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: All

I think it is a big problem, but I would like to see a separation of two different kinds of cases here, those that arise from general statements of opinion, and those that might involve targeted statements that as the law reads, “cause annoyance, anxiety etc” to a specific person, as in posting, “my neighbour Reg Brown of 15 Ash Grove, Leicester, is a child molester and a pervert,” when there is no evidence of same. That I could see as being a genuine legal case. So of this 3,400 people, how many are like that, and how many are more like you or me saying “we don’t want a lot of immigration” — and has it spread to climate change yet, because that’s where the shark gets jumped big time with two thirds of the population skeptical about what their elitist masters want them to believe.


47 posted on 01/14/2018 4:01:15 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (The president is a good man -- that's why they are out to get him -- where have we seen this before?)
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To: napscoordinator

The Brits have a Bill of Rights that precedes ours and includes freedom of speech. I guess ignoring things like the Constitution is pretty widespread.


48 posted on 01/14/2018 4:10:39 PM PST by firebrand
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To: gaijin

Bingo plus.


49 posted on 01/14/2018 4:13:34 PM PST by firebrand
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To: ADemocratNoMore

Yes, and someone took this throwaway idea of Lucas’s and made a whole series out of it called Robo-Cops.


50 posted on 01/14/2018 4:15:32 PM PST by firebrand
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To: Cubs Fan

Trump, Pence and their Deplorables are keeping this from happening in America.

If we lose, America, as we and our ancestors have known it will be a footnote in progressive history.

The Deep State has been trying silence/sabotage citizen Trump, Candidate Trump, President Elect Trump and President Trump for years. They know that he is our last hope.


Operation Condor – How NSA Director Mike Rogers Saved The U.S. From a Massive Constitutional Crisis…

Posted on January 5, 2018 by sundance

This outline is the stunning backstory to how the FBI Counterintelligence Division and DOJ National Security Division were weaponized. This outline is the full story of what House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes is currently working to expose. This outline exposes the biggest political scandal in U.S. history. This outline is also the story of how one man’s action likely saved our constitutional republic.

His name is Admiral Mike Rogers.

I’m calling the back-story to the 2016 FISA 702(16)(17) political corruption by the Obama administration “Operation Condor”. Those of you familiar with the film “Three Days of The Condor” will note how the real life storyline almost mirrors the Hollywood film. For the real life version, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers plays the role of “Condor”.

“SCIF” – a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. To understand the larger FISA 702(16)(17) issues in 2016 it is important to focus on the word “compartmented”.
Intelligence information is housed by compartments. Each intelligence unit holds intelligence unique to that compartment. The FBI Counter-Intelligence Unit would hold the intelligence information specific to their task or assignment; the DOJ National Security Division would hold their own compartmented intelligence; again, specific to their task and objectives. So too would the DOJ, DoD (Pentagon), State Dept., or CIA.

This compartmented structure is what led to the creation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI. The 911 commission recommended the office to serve as a hub able to ensure intelligence sharing; that is – to ensure intelligence was not intentionally withheld from other compartments when needed.

In 2016 the ODNI for President Obama was James Clapper.

It is doubtful the 911 commission ever gave thought to what might happen when intelligence is weaponized as a political tool. The DNI is a political appointment, a cabinet member, of the President. If the executive branch, the President, wanted to weaponize intelligence as a political tool, he/she would have control over such weaponization as an outcome of their political appointees within the: FBI (Comey, McCabe), DOJ (Lynch/Yates), CIA (Brennan), DNI (Clapper), or DoD (Ash Carter), etc.

The civilian (representative) oversight into the compartmented intelligence falls to a very select group known as the Intelligence Gang of Eight.

Four Democrats and Four Republicans (four minority party and four majority party political leaders) for a total of eight. Four from the House and Four from the Senate. –Understand the Gang of Eight Here– The Gang-of-Eight can, if they choose, interact with the intelligence product with the same level of security clearance as the compartment being reviewed.

Only these eight members can interact with the intelligence product in this way. This ensures their ability to conduct oversight.

It is critical to understand the difference between the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Gang of Eight. Only two members from the House Intelligence Committee (chair and minority), and two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee (chair and vice-chair) are participants. The other four are Speaker of the House, minority leader of House, Leader of Senate and Minority leader of Senate. The latter four are not part of any other intel committee.

On March 20th 2017 congressional testimony, James Comey was asked why the FBI Director did not inform congressional oversight about the counterintelligence operation that began in July 2016.

FBI Director Comey said he did not tell congressional oversight he was investigating presidential candidate Donald Trump because the Director of Counterintelligence suggested he not do so.

*Very important detail.*

I cannot emphasize this enough. *VERY* important detail. Again, notice how Comey doesn’t use FBI Counterintelligence Director WH “Bill” Priestap’s actual name, but refers to his position and title.

Again, watch the first three minutes:
Excerpted for the full and incredible story go to the link below.
http://archive.is/Cc7Mn


51 posted on 01/14/2018 4:20:28 PM PST by Grampa Dave (America had regime change 20 Jan 2017! ISIS collapsed! Are Iran/Our media, the DNC/FBI/DOJ/CIA next?)
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To: Gene Eric

Good summary.

I added a couple of words.

The UK is still proving to be the sh!thole the Continental Army defeated 237 years ago.

Let such tyranny remind us of the value of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.


52 posted on 01/14/2018 4:24:00 PM PST by Grampa Dave (America had regime change 20 Jan 2017! ISIS collapsed! Are Iran/Our media, the DNC/FBI/DOJ/CIA next?)
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To: Cubs Fan

This is what happens when you jump on the dole and empower government to regulate your rights out of existence.


53 posted on 01/14/2018 4:41:01 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Cubs Fan

George Orwell was British. It also looks like he was prophetic.


54 posted on 01/14/2018 4:49:00 PM PST by Gritty (Feminism ends as loneliness, bitterness and heartache that Merlot and cats can't fill-Lee Jackson)
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To: Cubs Fan
Great Britain used to send missionaries all over the world, spreading the Light of the Gospel. Now they have rejected that same Gospel and have adopted a false one in it's place.

They turned their backs on God. Now God is apparently doing the same to them. This will end very ugly for them if they don't repent and seek Jesus once again.

55 posted on 01/14/2018 4:59:17 PM PST by Gritty (Feminism ends as loneliness, bitterness and heartache that Merlot and cats can't fill-Lee Jackson)
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To: Cubs Fan
This is horrific like something out of an Orwellian Dystopia or somewhere like Cuba or the former soviet union.

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Sometimes I think we are prisoners standing in our cells, shouting out through the bars, "I'm free!  I'm free!"

Joplin PD Banned From Social Media Posts That Make Criminals Look Bad
56 posted on 01/14/2018 5:10:23 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: laplata

Yes, something is very wrong. Something evil with them.

It’s truly bizarre to behold.


57 posted on 01/14/2018 5:30:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Grampa Dave; LucyT; Liz; null and void
[Admiral Mike Rogers]

Wonder if this is the guy KimDotCom wanted to access Hillary's emails from the NSA cloud? Sure would seem like it.


58 posted on 01/14/2018 5:37:01 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dsc
I think there are clues in the British series “Shameless,” disgusting as it is.

Haha. I like the American version better. The production value is higher and their storyline is more outrageous lol

59 posted on 01/14/2018 6:17:45 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Cubs Fan

Will they behead them, too? GB has gone insane.


60 posted on 01/14/2018 6:58:14 PM PST by madison10
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