Seven charged under terror laws over protest at Israeli-based firm’s UK site
GuardianAUG 14 2024
A 53-year-old British woman Wednesday was sentenced to 15 months in prison over a Facebook comment in which she said mosques should not be protected and should be "blown up." This comes amid a wave of arrests over social media use in the UK in the aftermath of the stabbing of three girls in Southport and subsequent protests against illegal immigration.
Previously, three British children in July were stabbed to death by a British native of Rwandan decent. After that ignited protests, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for a mass crackdown on any Brit who supports demonstrations against immigrant communities.
Starmer’s pledge applied to any call for violence — in person or online — and as of Wednesday more than 1K people had been arrested for acts against Muslim and other foreign communities. Nearly 600 have been charged, with that number rising daily.
The dark underbelly of racism in the UK has been on full display in recent weeks, as more than a thousand people have been charged for their hateful remarks and actions. Obviously, the UK government must prosecute these racist and xenophobic bigots to the full extent of the law. But arrests alone cannot solve the social problems that plague UK society. In addition to incarcerating those who engage in anti-immigrant behavior, the UK must invest time and resources into educating Brits while promoting empathy and tolerance towards immigrant communities.
The UK’s two-tiered justice system is on full display, as the government callously cracks down on disaffected British patriots while turning a blind eye to rampant migrant crime. For decades, the British people have voiced their concern with an unending wave of immigration that has fundamentally transformed the UK’s culture and caused a massive rise in violent crime. Instead of democratically listening to its citizens, the UK government has criminalized their dissent.