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Sonya Thomas
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Sonya Thomas
@writehandmedia
Freelance writer and journalist. Ex-women's rugby - Saracens/England Red Rose 🌹#63
London Sumali Şubat 2010
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Believing that Arabs have the right to live is not antisemitism.
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth
Braverman: "[the govt] could also go further & ban the hate marches, because thats whats fuelling antisemitism & extremism in our country" Supporting Palestinians, opposing Israeli genocide & apartheid, & calling out our govts complicity. None of that is antisemitic or extremist
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@TocquevilleJnr @MichaelRosenYes @Hazzreid @bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today Christ, Muswell Hill. How depressing.
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@MichaelRosenYes @Hazzreid @bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today Interesting question Michael
I’m a POC, as you know
I don’t know a single POC who has NOT been the victim of racist abuse or violence.
That includes me.
The last 3 incidents in Muswell Hill at the hands of far right people.
Not a single person reported the abuse as far as I know
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Do we need to hear people in all communities stand up for Jews as they would stand up for black people or Muslims if they were coming under converted violent attack. I put that question to the Home Secretary on @bbcr4today and suggested she had almost unique power to lead the response to the attacks on British Jews because she’s a politician with a history of opposing & protesting against Israel’s actions, calls herself a “devout Muslim” and could say uncomfortable things to people who share her views on Israel share her faith. This was her impassioned reply
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@bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today Do people stand up for 'black people and Muslims' when they come 'under concerted violent attack'? Do any of those attacks go unreported or under-reported? What's the history of reportage of attacks against people of colour?
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There is a name for boarding a ship and abducting innocent civilians in international waters, @BBCWorld. Its not called 'interception'. The word is piracy.
BBC News (World)@BBCWorld
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla near Crete and detains 175 activists bbc.in/3OCO1Lj
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Deliberately targeting medics is a WAR CRIME.
BBC News (World)@BBCWorld
Israeli 'double-tap' strike kills three rescue workers in Lebanon, officials say bbc.in/4uhFYma
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Don't normalize this, please.
Palestinians deserve to live.
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@snowleopardess God, the sound of each kick to the head is horrible.
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Listen. Is the taser being fired constantly at the suspect even while he is being kicked in the head while on the ground?
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Police struggle to detain the 45-year-old suspect after two Jewish people were stabbed in Golders Green
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Starmer: ‘We need to get to the root causes of extremism and antisemitism.’ 30 months of genocide and complicity are likely to have something to do with it.
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I'm now six months sober!
So, I climbed The Cobbler in the Arrochar Alps with my mum 💜
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Zack Polanski’s full quote on Jews’ “perception of unsafety”
“I'm concerned about rising antisemitic attacks. We saw arson attacks on ambulances for instance and we know that increasingly Jewish communities are feeling unsafe. There’s a conversation to be had about whether it’s a perception of unsafety or whether it’s actual unsafety, but neither are acceptable”.
It seems that last line - “but neither are acceptable” - is getting missed out by people who would absolutely agree with this, if Polanski didn’t have different politics to them.
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By the way, if your first thought is “how can I use this horrendous act of violence in Golders Green to attack @ZackPolanski?” — the most prominent Jewish politician in Britain, then you’re a complete ghoul and you should be completely ashamed of yourself, if you even feel shame.
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@PaulaCoyscot I'm curious about who the little fella in green is. A member of the public, I guess.
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So, seeing this in full it certainly puts to bed the claims that he was stabbing at them to justify the repeated kicks in the head. His arms were literally underneath him when the kicks started and were there until the random guy in green rolled him over. Why that was allowed >
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: The Met Police taser and detain the 45-year-old suspect after two Jewish people were stabbed in Golders Green
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Apparently today is the day that a lot of people are learning that the law absolutely allows police officers (and, indeed, members of the public) to kick people in the head when faced with a potentially lethal threat such as a person actively stabbing people.
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Oh come on, hardly. We know very little about the suspect other than he was known for having mental health issues. It's a terrifying assault on the Jewish community, and I understand very well the concerns and the fear. It's ok to hate what happened today, and to question the use of force.
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@writehandmedia @MirabelTweets1 Yeah. Anything to divert focus from this week's jihadist terrorist attack on a Jew.
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You can all be jubilant if you wish that British police officers are repeatedly kicking an offender on the floor to the head instead of using proper restraint techniques
You might not be so jubilant when this thuggery becomes the norm of *anyone* they suspect. Of anything.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Police struggle to detain the 45-year-old suspect after two Jewish people were stabbed in Golders Green
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@SohoKenchie @MirabelTweets1 I'd be happy for the issue to be adjudicated on in a court of law.
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@writehandmedia @MirabelTweets1 In any court in the land, or in the land of any developed nation, it would not even be a matter worth discussion to find the answer to be yes.
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@mrs_ayst Well, not you, evidently. But she is genuinely widely liked and admired.
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The most hated Dr in the UK getting community noted and bitch slapped by the Met Police in one go. It's a very good day! 🥂
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
Our brave officers confronted a man they believed to be a terrorist, who refused to show his hands, who was violent, and who continued to pose a clear threat. Using only their training, courage and tasers, they detained him while he continued to try to attack and stab them. This took true courage.
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@SohoKenchie @MirabelTweets1 Reasonable use of force. I'm questioning whether, in this instance, repeated kicks to the head could be considered to be reasonable use of force.
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@writehandmedia @MirabelTweets1 Incapacitated people don't cling on to a knife with all their might. What are you proposing - the police should just let him keep it?
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@SohoKenchie @MirabelTweets1 He was already restrained, tasered, prone, incapacitated. The kicks to the head seem excessive, but it really is for the police to explain their use of force here.
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@MirabelTweets1 Proper restraint techniques of a terrorist with a knife in his hand. Possibly other weapons.
Go on then - explain your deep knowledge of the proper techniques to use here.
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