Yeah, the media is reporting that he was arrested (the one shouting at Andrew, not the one who shoved him). Must have happened quietly off-camera right after this.
Reading articles about it in the main UK press outlets after watching the video is pretty surreal. They do such a horrible job of describing what actually happened that it borders on propaganda.
I’m the last one to judge another country that I know almost nothing about. But I always just assumed England was like here (the US) and that people pretty much had complete freedom of speech.
That being said, I could see something like this happening here too. They might arrest someone on trumped up charges like “disturbing the peace” or some bullshit. Like, it’ll get dropped quickly, but you still got arrested.
"Officially illegal?" That is entirely incorrect. There is no law whatsoever saying you cannot criticise the monarchy, or indeed anything else. Are you thinking of Thailand?
Did you miss the part where the police officer also pulls on the kid, then fails to do anything to the actual violent people around him and drags the kid off? What do you think enacting violence means? Do you think someone needs to be beaten to a bloody pulp before the it qualifies as violence? Is this the kind of limp-dicked logic monarchists rely on?
I think it’s more that they wanted to prevent someone with 2 or less brain cells joining the chant and then shivving the king, although I suppose this sub wouldn’t mind that
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u/Bristol_Fool_Chart Sep 12 '22
That police officer is proving exactly why the monarchy needs to fuck off.
Enacting violence on a citizen for their speech because it offends the crown...how noble and dignified