Arrested for preaching | Melanie Phillips #police #politics #uk #usa

[Paul-sjdb]

The last one happens when police prioritize keeping the peace over enforcing the law. When you do that you create a heckler's veto where the most extreme members of society get to enforce their views on others.

[SoloMonYamashita-Hermit]

Did I just see a recap of John the Baptist's arrest in today's age?

[pbtkh]

These are horrible developments in both Britain and the USA.

[hellmalm]

Those guy’s are harmless, leave them alone. Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. Any country that treat people like this is no longer a real democracy.

[csflihao]

You may not like what they say but you should always stand up and defend their right to speak. It's their constitutional right as long as they are not breaking any laws. There may come a time someone don't like what you've got to say.

[ericagray]

As Christians should be aware it will only get worse before better…

[pogo]

The only way to fight this is by getting together and forming a cohesive force, in numbers, and taking to the streets. These nuts show up in mobs and get loud. They become a spectacle. We need to do the same thing. There's not enough pushback against this. People need to mobilize....

[peterbarkworth]

If the preacher had been a Muslim speaking against "homosexuality", I wonder if he would have been attacked or arrested.

[so]

Believe it or not we all live in a police state, not just the US but the entirety of the planet.

[CP-]

Those that implore people to reflection and repentance will be hated and scorned.

[theydontlikeitupem.]

We are in a battle of good vs evil. The poor souls who have been fooled by evil don't even know it.

[nolanolivier]

It their pursuit of empathy, the British Police are now the apogee of intolerance they long claimed to reject.

[sarahwagland]

I was given an ASBO warning for writing a civil letter to my neighbours and following it up with a house call to discuss a problem with the deeds which was preventing us from selling our house. I made a complaint to the IOPC months ago. A sergeant was appointed to investigate the case but all he tells me that he's too busy doing his regular duties to look into it. IOPC tell me that there are no time limits. Looks like I'm going to be waiting the rest of my life for an apology.

[jamesmichael]

Preachers champion freedom of speech and religious liberty

[sgtbma]

God bless you dear lady, for not going along with the brainwashed bullies !❤

[sandramclaughlin]

Allowed to say how we feel without mob violence.
As my dad used to say the worlds upside down, god knows what he would make of these vile ideologies being touted to our children in this wicked generation.

[MsEssmess]

Bless you Melanie. Wisdom and common sense. People are being programmed and they are the ones who hate. We are being forced into divisions and silence subtly but slowly. When things are suppressed they only break out again later in a worse way.

[FedUpVet]

It's a sad world we live in these days. I am not religious by any means, I will never tell someone that they can't have theirs, whether I agree or not. Except for scientologists, theirs is nonsense squared, in my opinion.

[walterblanc]

For every person arrested for posting something "offensive" online in Russia 10 have been arrested in the UK.

[bettytigers]

It might help if the police designated more speakers corners, so if the preacher causes a negative reaction at least there'll be room to calm it down.