Arrest Controversy Over Palestine Comments

No.

And to protect the vulnerable person-

But that's only one person

-by the virtue of this report, you do not attend any events involved with

Pa-

involved with Palestine, okay? The reasons why we took this

is on the seventeenth

of tenth of twenty twenty-three, in Bethnal Green Road at ten to

four,

you s- you were witnessed as saying obviously,

people-- Why, why are they over

here, et cetera. We let them into our country, et cetera.

Sure, big deal.

Yeah. Okay.

Sure, big deal.

Why did you-- Why did you tell the police that?

Same here.

Personal man.

Take him. Disgusting. You are disgusting.

Absolute ass. I have a stage four cancer

and then you appear.

Make a scene. You shouldn't, you shouldn't make a scene.

You're arresting him because he said something.

He's talking about Hamas, a terrorist

organization.

You haven't been around the block, John. You don't know what you're talking about.

John, have a conversation with him.

Did, did you hear that?

What?

That all those Palestinian flags in Bethnal Green Road and you're

disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.

Why don't you think, hey, John? Why don't you think, John?

John.

Oh, don't.

Don't.

What do you have in your pocket?

Do you have nothing in my pocket? Oh, yeah,

actually I do, I do.

What have you got?

I have, um, I have actually, uh, what's the term I have?

I work two standards.

In your pocket or not?

Yes.

Okay.

Yeah. I've got standards in my pocket.

Okay. Well, you've got them in your pocket, okay?

One minute, man.

Excuse me.

No, I want to see what in the cops have

outside.

Yeah, I want-- Can you hand me that?

Sorry.

I can go when I like. No, I've got to

go. I haven't long good to go anyway.

Take, take, take it down. Just take it down. Welcome to the thing.

We're just doing our jobs, not therefore-

I'm also default to get home.

Okay. Jesus.

Any health conditions?

Any health?

What are our health conditions?

Health conditions.

Do you have any medications on you?

Yes.

What medi- what medication?

Palestine situation.

Let's, let's have it ve- very, very clear. We have the freedom of speech.

If we want to be against Palestine, we will be.

If that's a problem, that's your problem.

And you have the right to cover this, can I?

And you think people are free

or because you came, or because you're covering

for the Palestine. It's just so disgusting,

this development country.

They're actually on TV news. It was on TV news.

Exactly.

It was on TV news.

John.

Unbelievable guys.

John. Stop.

This is disgusting. Absolutely.

Oh my God. I can't even believe this.

Where is my jacket?

Ma'am.

You want to see all that? You need, you need to stop all that, yeah?

Yeah.

You need to stop all that.

They're taking him away for nothing.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I know. This is your, this is your freedom.

Look at the cops. Look at the cops.

Embarrassing.

Embarrassing.

Embarrassing.

Because he mentioned Palestine.

Look at this.

Uh-uh.

Look at this.

Uh.

Getting arrested because he mentioned Hamas on

Facebook.

Yeah, we're all against terrorist organizations.

Yeah.

Sorry, unfortunately.

We don't like terrorists.

Yeah. We don't want, we don't want terrorists in the country.

You can't have an opinion in this country.

You know, there's a political force on there.

You know, there are Palestinian flags flying down

Bethnal Green Road, and

these guys are asking us, these guys are taking me down to the police

station because I happen to-

Does he have any medication?

Yeah.

Yes, he should have some medication.

Yeah.

We'll take it from-

Yeah

-if he needs it. I'd rather, you know, it's how you feel.

Well, that's not how I feel, so.

But I'm going to get Paul down there.

Do, do Paul down there.

You asked about his medication?

I don't have his medicat- I don't have one.

What, what, what's his medical conditions? What's he got?

He's got, uh, uh, kidney disease.

Kidney disease.

Mm-hmm.

He, uh, he's twenty-one years old, black hair, gray tracksuit,

wearing flip-flop fella.

Coming to Dunmore point two two, Dunmore point two two, the location

changed to.

Is that all he's got? Is it?

My mama knows about his addictions more than I do.

Oh, okay.

I'm trying to give her her medication, never mind my medication.

And yous have brought me down here because we're coming to Bethnal Green Road.

What are yous on about? What is wrong with your bloody

humanity and your sense

of things? Youse are completely off the planet in

your sense of things.

I don't care. I absolutely don't care.

My partner, my partner's stage four cancer

and because I have an opinion,

youse guys are taking me to the police station. Youse are a disgrace.

You're absolutely-

Where am I going?

Seven eight double M one.

I am going to continue talking. And when I can, and when I can,

I'm gonna make sure that this is known about because these are idiots.

These are a- absolutely, it's Keystone Cops. These are idiots.

He's falling on it.

Yeah. Because I got, because I made a remark on Bethnal Green

Road

about the Palestinian flag. These guys here-

That's, that's his sleeping tablet, that's his sertraline, and that's his

antidepressant.

Lovely. Okay. So sleeping tablet-

Yeah.

He'll, he'll know what it is.

He'll know what it is.

Okay.

But he's, he's a bit-

Yeah. Okay.

Three green in that

set. Six green.

You should be embarrassed at yourself. Youse are a disgrace.

You

are a disgrace. You

are an absolute disgrace. Absolute disgrace.

Show them

some, some, some sense.

Yeah, they made a comment against Hamas.

They've arrested him.

All these cops.

Well...

A comment about Hamas. They said it was good. They made a comment on Facebook.

They came and arrested him for that.

Yeah.

People being stabbed and you hear every comment. Oh, dear.

Is it? Yeah. That's terrible