Matt WillemsenMay 10, 2025
Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house?
When six young women hired a room to discuss the war in Gaza, the gathering ended with 30 officers storming in to make arrests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/police-raid-london-quaker-m
Show threadThomasMay 10, 2025
@mattotcha The link is broken - this one works:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/police-raid-london-quaker-meeting-house-very-worrying
Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house?

When six young women hired a room to discuss the war in Gaza, the gathering ended with 30 officers storming in to make arrests

The Guardian
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴May 10, 2025

@tg9541 @mattotcha

#UKpol #UKpolitics
#Precrime #ThoughtCrime #FreeSpeech #PeacefulProtest
#CivilRights #Legal

👉A friendly warning to the #Starmer Government👈

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I've been saying ever since the announcement of the #Brexit Referendum, that the land where 20th century human rights originated, that conceived the #MagnaCarta and the #BillOfRights, belongs into the #EuropeanUnion. Geographically and economically, it really has no sound choice.

#Türkiye, on...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/police-raid-london-quaker-meeting-house-very-worrying

Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house?

When six young women hired a room to discuss the war in Gaza, the gathering ended with 30 officers storming in to make arrests

The Guardian
Show threadJohn Robinson
@HistoPol @tg9541 @mattotcha See Casey Report.
Oct 1, 2025 at 2:42pmWeb
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Oct 1, 2025

@johnelalamo

Hadn't heard of these #CaseyReport.*
What does grooming have to do with racism and democracy?

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/06/the-casey-report-reveals-fifteen-years-of-establishment-denial

@tg9541 @mattotcha

The Casey report reveals 15 years of establishment denial

Eight years ago, when the BBC drama Three Girls was released in May 2017, the UK watched in horror. Reviewers described the series as “powerful and brave” – it attracted more than 8.24m viewers. The d

New Statesman
Show threadJohn RobinsonOct 1, 2025
@HistoPol @tg9541 @mattotcha The Casey Report is about the Met!
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Oct 1, 2025

@johnelalamo

#Legal #Racism #Fedilaw #UK
#CaseyReport

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Ah, gotcha. THX, John.

I had heard the issue in these past, but not of that important report.

An important lesson can be drawn from this criminal investigation for almost ?(?) all countries:

👉Recording the #Ethnicity of a perpetrators is no systemic #Racism per se.
On the contratrary, the lack of doing so may lead to constitutional blindness. 👈

"*The Casey report reveals 15 years of establishment denial*
...

@tg9541 @mattotcha

Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Oct 1, 2025

#Legal #Racism #Fedilaw #UK
#CaseyReport

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...The audit found a “collective failure to address questions about the #ethnicity of #grooming gangs”.

By #MeganKenyon... "

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/06/the-casey-report-reveals-fifteen-years-of-establishment-denial

@johnelalamo @tg9541 @mattotcha

The Casey report reveals 15 years of establishment denial

Eight years ago, when the BBC drama Three Girls was released in May 2017, the UK watched in horror. Reviewers described the series as “powerful and brave” – it attracted more than 8.24m viewers. The d

New Statesman