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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 12:24 AM Dec 2017

Police arrest leaders of far-right group retweeted by Trump

Source: Boston Globe Associated Press

December 15, 2017
LONDON — Two leaders of a British far-right group that gained publicity when it was retweeted by President Trump have been arrested for allegedly stirring up hatred.

Britain First leader Paul Golding and his deputy Jayda Fransen were detained in Belfast after attending a court hearing for Fransen. She’s charged with hate speech during a ‘‘Northern Ireland Against Terrorism’’ rally in Belfast in August. Golding was arrested Thursday over the same rally, and Fransen was detained over a social media post criticizing Islam. Last month Trump retweeted videos from Fransen’s account purporting to show violence by Muslims. Britain First opposes multiculturalism and what it calls the ‘‘Islamization’’ of Britain.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2017/12/14/police-arrest-leaders-far-right-group-retweeted-trump/t2XX8zfbsvoVVfqyvJ4JEL/story.html

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Police arrest leaders of far-right group retweeted by Trump (Original Post) Sunlei Dec 2017 OP
LOL iluvtennis Dec 2017 #1
Oh what fun!!! nt Leghorn21 Dec 2017 #2
Can they issue a warrant for Trump as well? SergeStorms Dec 2017 #3
Arrested because 45 drew attention to them. truthisfreedom Dec 2017 #4
That's our president-paling around with extremists. riversedge Dec 2017 #5

SergeStorms

(19,186 posts)
3. Can they issue a warrant for Trump as well?
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 02:57 AM
Dec 2017

If he ever sets foot in the UK again, throw him in the Tower of London. They have some very interesting "devices" on display I'd love to see brought back into use. But only on the "right" people, of course. Their name would have to start with a 'T', and end with a 'rump'.

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