Yes, the cruelty was always the point
Report: Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israel's Elbit Systems UK factory in 2024
"None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over the break-in."
Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers & Jordan Devlin were accused of threatening unlawful violence & using sledgehammers as weapons."
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"Samuel Corner is one of six activists accused of carrying out an attack on the Bristol factory of the Israel-based defence firm, Elbit Systems on 6 August 2024.
Corner does not deny striking police sergeant Kate Evans with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine the jury was earlier told, but says he did it in defence of other activists and denies causing her serious harm."
Getting your spine broken by a sledgehammer must have hurt a little bit though 🤔
"The jury also heard that Corner, who is autistic, was sprayed with a substance similar to pepper spray by a security guard before he struck Sgt Evans."
"Wainwright told the court that Corner was in... an unfamiliar scenario, alarms going off, with a liquid toxic smell to the air... [&] Leona Kamio's screams [as she was being arrested]."
"Jurors heard Corner genuinely thought that Kamio or Rogers was being seriously injured when he brought the sledgehammer down on to Sgt Evans."
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