Two Gateshead men arrested for watching 9/11 Koran burning video - Polidicks

[quote]In a disturbing development, Northumbria Police in Gateshead last week arrested two men after they watched and shared a video on Facebook of a man burning the Koran in the US during the recent 9/11 commemoration at Ground Zero in New York. The men were drinking in the Bugle pub, Leam Lane, Gateshead, when they were arrested after watching and sharing the videos. Around 30 people staged a protest outside Gateshead police station on Wednesday evening, the 15th of September, following the arrests. The group stood outside the doors to the police station with an England flag for about three hours watched by a contingent of uniformed officers.The protesters had gathered at around 8pm after the two men were arrested earlier in the day on 'suspicion of inciting racial hatred'. The protest continued until around 11pm when the two arrested men were bailed pending further enquiries. In a further development, the man who actually burned the Koran in the video on 9/11 in New York has been sacked from his job. Derek Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, New Jersey, had worked for NJ Transit for 11 years as a conductor and train co-ordinator. One of his neighbours, Jacqui Marquez, said: "Good for him for burning the Koran. Everybody's entitled to their opinion. By firing him, they're sending a message that there's no freedom of speech. They're completely wrong for doing this." Youtube have now removed all footage of Derek Fenton burning the Koran. Of course, if he had burnt the Stars and Stripes (or any other flag or religious book) the video would still be available. Double standards by Youtube, perhaps? However, Civil Liberty has tracked down a blog which has embedded the video of Fenton's Koran-burning exploits and providing you are prepared to risk arrest from the British police, you can watch it [url=http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=76&sid=366764]here[/url].[/quote] [url]http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/newsdetail.php?newsid=1079[/url]

:suicide: [editline]10:07PM[/editline] Gonna have to arrest everyone else now. See you all soon!

Anti discrimination measures are doing the opposite of what they should be doing.

[QUOTE]However, Civil Liberty has tracked down a blog which has embedded the video of Fenton's Koran-burning exploits and providing you are prepared to risk arrest from the British police[/QUOTE] No thank you.

That's dumb as fuck, I fucking hate our police

[QUOTE=Charybdis;24965691]I fucking hate our police[/QUOTE] :colbert:

The fuck is this bullshit? Who the fuck are the police to tell people what they can and cannot watch! Understandable if it was a video of someone being raped but its printed paper getting fucking burned. Fuck the police right in the ass, it's this shit that makes people hate them.

[QUOTE=Tea;24965652]Anti discrimination measures are doing the opposite of what they should be doing.[/QUOTE] Your avatar makes the post.

...what? I've never heard of anything like this. [editline]10:28PM[/editline] The only sources on this I can find are the one in the OP, forums linking to the one in the OP, and the BNP website. [editline]10:30PM[/editline] look at this [url]http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-can-now-be-arrested-in-uk-for.html[/url] [editline]10:34PM[/editline] [QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;24965653]No thank you.[/QUOTE] watch out, the police will come to your house and arrest you for watching a video on youtube

[QUOTE=Turnips5;24966083]...what? I've never heard of anything like this. [editline]10:28PM[/editline] The only sources on this I can find are the one in the OP, forums linking to the one in the OP, and the BNP website. [editline]10:30PM[/editline] look at this [url]http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-can-now-be-arrested-in-uk-for.html[/url][/QUOTE] [I]UPDATE FROM PASTORIUS: THIS STORY IS FALSE,[/I] [B]OR AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE ARE NO FACTS ANYWHERE TO BACK IT UP.[/B] [I]IF YOU HAVE OTHER INFORMATION WITH LINKS TO PROVE IT IS TRUE WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU AND POST IT.[/I] I wouldn't expect BBC to report on it, only happened yesterday, I'm sure there will be tangible evidence circulating on the internet soon.

[QUOTE=OleWally;24966427][I]UPDATE FROM PASTORIUS: THIS STORY IS FALSE,[/I] [B]OR AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE ARE NO FACTS ANYWHERE TO BACK IT UP.[/B] [I]IF YOU HAVE OTHER INFORMATION WITH LINKS TO PROVE IT IS TRUE WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU AND POST IT.[/I] I wouldn't expect BBC to report on it, only happened yesterday, I'm sure there will be tangible evidence circulating on the internet soon.[/QUOTE] I'll wait until that happens before I make any judgement on this I mean, if it's true, it's retarded, but it might well not be true, seeing as the only sources I can find are that site and the BNP site (and a bunch of websites that have copied the civil liberties.org article word for word) [editline]10:41PM[/editline] And even then it might just be a fuckup by the local police [editline]10:42PM[/editline] I mean come on, all the sources look like this : [url]http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/in-the-islamic-republic-of-great-britain-watching-a-quran-burning-video-can-get-you-arrested/[/url] [editline]10:44PM[/editline] not to mention Islam isn't even a race

[QUOTE=Turnips5;24966550]not to mention Islam isn't even a race[/QUOTE] A lot of people will disagree with you, and the ones that don't will call it xenophobia; which is a strange term considering xeno means unknown, and I know quite a lot about Islam, and phobia which means an [B]irrational[/B] fear.

[QUOTE=HellSoldier;24965908]Your avatar makes the post.[/QUOTE] What the hell are you talking about

This story sounds like a load of bullshit.

I bet they were arrested for something else and the media just went "HEY LOOK THEY HAD A VIDEO OF THAT QUR'AN BURNING IT'S COS OF THAT!"

so far this "media" is a handful of blogs and forums

[QUOTE=OleWally;24967537]A lot of people will disagree with you, and the ones that don't will call it xenophobia; which is a strange term considering xeno means unknown, and I know quite a lot about Islam, and phobia which means an [B]irrational[/B] fear.[/QUOTE] you are a joke

[quote]However, Civil Liberty has tracked down a blog which has embedded the video of Fenton's Koran-burning exploits and providing you are prepared to risk arrest from the British police[/quote] I bet the British police are proud of themselves.

[QUOTE=markg06;24968560]I bet they were arrested for something else and the media just went "HEY LOOK THEY HAD A VIDEO OF THAT QUR'AN BURNING IT'S COS OF THAT!"[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Habsburg;24968603]so far this "media" is a handful of blogs and forums[/QUOTE] Durr... The conventional mainstream media barely ever reports on stuff like this. [editline]07:11PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Lachz0r;24968628]you are a joke[/QUOTE] It's funny because you can't dispute what I say.

[QUOTE=OleWally;24968651]Durr... The conventional mainstream media barely ever reports on stuff like this.[/QUOTE] Oh well maybe there's a good reason for that.

Police only enforce the laws, its the government that enact them.

[QUOTE=OleWally;24968651]It's funny because you can't dispute what I say.[/QUOTE] You're telling me you know every single facet of islam?

[QUOTE=Habsburg;24968745]You're telling me you know every single facet of islam?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=OleWally;24967537]A lot of people will disagree with you, and the ones that don't will call it xenophobia; which is a strange term considering xeno means unknown, and I know [B]quite a lot[/B] about Islam, and phobia which means an irrational fear.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=OleWally;24968651]It's funny because you can't dispute what I say.[/QUOTE] it would be impossible to dispute your paranoid schizophrenia

[QUOTE=Lachz0r;24968843]it would be impossible to dispute your paranoid schizophrenia[/QUOTE] You have nothing but character attacks.

[QUOTE=OleWally;24968903]You have nothing but character attacks.[/QUOTE] i'm not attacking you, i genuinely think you're paranoid to the point of insanity

ok so let me get this straight Two men, together, shared a video on facebook. Now the police was just looking around people's facebooks and then found the two men out of nowhere in a pub and then arrested them on charges of inciting racial hatred, but people who are claimed to be on the street protesting islam are not arrested at all now, i know England is supposed to be a police state, but it's a shitty police state and this story sounds impossible, i will not believe it until i see an actual link to a proper news publication [editline]04:28PM[/editline] [QUOTE=OleWally;24968651]Durr... The conventional mainstream media barely ever reports on stuff like this. [/QUOTE] there's an awful problem with this statement, the mainstream media is accountable for when it lies. the "non-mainstream" media is not

They were protesting the arrests

I can't even find it on a local news station.

[I]Sounds hot.[/I]