Police in Leicester arrested at least five journalists under the Terrorism Act while they were reporting on a protest outside a drone factory owned by an Israeli arms company.

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/40796648

Police in Leicester arrested at least five journalists under the Terrorism Act while they were reporting on a protest outside a drone factory owned by an Israeli arms company.

The journalists were detained for two hours last Thursday at a UAV Tactical Systems factory owned by Elbit Systems, which makes weapons that are used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

  • Naich@piefed.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    I, for one am delighted that my precious tax money is being spent protecting a multi billion pound arms company from scrutiny. Never mind looking after poor people, let’s spend it on protecting the super rich corporate psychopaths.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      5·
      2 days ago

      Money for nothing (and the wars for free) for the rich, crushing austerity on top of affordability crisis for the rest. Splendid! 😮‍💨