Post AwJ2vnTBKrtmbOXAMi by Wen@mastodon.scot
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 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vlUWgtmmSz9DBQ by Wen@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T13:08:30Z
       
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       The Polis are really taking the piss now. Black shirts seem appropriate.https://www.thenational.scot/news/25324546.activist-slams-draconian-law-protester-arrested-palestine/http://archive.today/2025.07.18-130658/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25324546.activist-slams-draconian-law-protester-arrested-palestine/(archive)#BlackShirts #Scotland #Polis #PalestineAction #Disrepute #NoPride #Facism #FirstTheyCame
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vmZAh75zngKR3w by Lassielmr@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:07:53Z
       
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       @Wen if the Police submit this to COFPS I’d be very surprised if they took forward. What guidance has the Home Office issued as it’s causing confusion everywhere. This heavy handed policing is costing millions across the U.K. and all for nothing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vnTBKrtmbOXAMi by Wen@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:29:17Z
       
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       @Lassielmr It will be interesting to see. I think this wil be a Cooper own goal and will encourage more (civil)  dissent,
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vo1ZH1P8K2ccxk by ravenbait@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:33:19Z
       
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       @Wen @Lassielmr I cannot imagine COPFS taking this forward. It needs to be in the public interest. They must have a reasonable certainty of securing a conviction. I'd really like to know what internal guidance was issued to polis about arresting folk for wearing a t-shirt or holding a sign.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2voZxDAuU2gi5Ym by Wen@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:34:51Z
       
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       @ravenbait @Lassielmr Public or government?
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vp5rIYQldddZI0 by ravenbait@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:38:04Z
       
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       @Wen @Lassielmr For COPFS, it's public interest. I don't know what the relationship between COPFS and Westminster is like, so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vpexC4VHOU3azY by Wen@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T15:56:50Z
       
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       @ravenbait @Lassielmr I would add that police harassment, even if it is thrown out in court can be very effective as a means of quelling ‘dissent’
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vqGsv2qRI7nt7A by ravenbait@mastodon.scot
       2025-07-19T16:23:09Z
       
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       @Wen @Lassielmr Well, yes. In a way, it matters not what COPFS would make of it. The arrest is the point.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwJ2vrE5MwCSFjVAOG by drgeraint@glasgow.social
       2025-07-19T23:15:29Z
       
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       @ravenbait @Wen @Lassielmr The arrestee in this case is well used to it, and I'd imagine most activists in Glasgow would be aware of this. Fear of arrest will deter people who have never protested before, but many activists will be well prepared for such tactics.