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UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house
(www.theguardian.com)
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Alternative way of writing the headline: "OAP intentionally walks up to police with a sign saying I AM A TERRORIST and is then surprised when she gets treated as a terrorist".
You can argue whether or not Palestine Action should have been proscribed or not, but it did happen and the government made it abundantly clear what that proscription means for anyone continuing to show support for them.
Maybe she wanted to make the point that the group shouldn't have been banned (in fact I'm sure that's the point she wanted to make) but surely she didn't think Keir Starmer was going to go "oh my god you know what, you're right, I'll do yet another U-turn because of this old lady".
Isn't she the one who held up a sign saying something like "Protect Palestine. Action is needed now."? It's a bit convoluted to say that was support for the group Palestine Action, and that arrest, search, and home curfew for several months is an appropriate response.
Some serious bootlicker vibes dear... I hope genocide lobby pays for this labour
You are right, but also I doubt she was expecting her protesting to directly change anyone in power's mind. The tactic is obviously to keep doing this with people who are very media friendly (little old grannies and the like) so stories keep getting into the papers of "lovely person arrested for protesting!" which does put pressure on the government.