Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
London, UK – Thousands marched in a protest in support of right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in Trafalgar Square over the weekend and called for his release as they held up placards, waved the Union Jack, and chanted “We want Tommy out” as they pledged their support to the English Defence League founder.
Robinson, 35, was arrested and jailed for contempt of court on May 25 outside Leeds Crown Court after broadcasting on Facebook Live, thereby ignoring reporting restrictions on a case involving a “pedophile grooming” trial purportedly involving 29 Muslim immigrants. He was arrested, brought before a judge, and given a 13-month prison sentence within five hours.
Robinson, who is a strong proponent of a nationalist British identity, has spoken out publicly against Muslim immigration to the UK, while critics maintain he is a bigot and racist. Regardless of his views, however, he should be allowed to say them without fear of arrest. But this was not the case.
During the protest, British riot police eventually drew batons and began to get aggressive with the crowd as they attempted to push them back, resulting in sporadic clashes between riot police and demonstrators. Five police officers were reportedly hurt in the clashes, none of their injuries were reportedly serious.
In footage of the protest police can be seen being chased down the street by the rowdy protestors after their attempts at crowd control fails:
https://twitter.com/walegates/status/1005514332644478976
The ‘Free Tommy Robinson’ rally featured Dutch MP Geert Wilders addressing the crowd and calling for Robinson’s release.
London today. Free Tommy!#FreeTommy #FreedomOfSpeech pic.twitter.com/QIrP03avkn
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 9, 2018
Wilders told the crowd:
‘I am here to tell you that you will never walk alone. And we are here to tell the world, and the UK government in particular: “Free Tommy Robinson!
At this very moment thousands of people are demonstrating all over the world in front of British embassies…all with one important message “Free Tommy”
Downing Street is just around the corner, so maybe once again, as loud as possible we can let them hear our message: “Free Tommy Robinson!
Wilders stated previously, in a Breitbart op-ed:
Tommy Robinson was arrested on 25 May outside Leeds Crown Court after using social media to broadcast details of an ongoing trial which was subject to reporting restrictions. He was arrested, brought before a judge, and sentenced within five hours. The judge ordered a media ban on his arrest and imprisonment, even forcing British publications to delete their articles about the case.
Such measures are common practice in North Korea and Saudi Arabia. It is sad to see how Britain, the cradle of Western democracy and the rule of law, is fast descending into tyranny.
More than 600,000 people have signed a change.org petition pleading with Prime Minister Theresa May to free Robinson.
As we previously reported, Robinson is without question a thorn in the side of the British establishment, as he has been vocal in his coverage of grooming gangs – a topic the UK media rarely covers – since at least 2011.
As the National Review explained in their article, Tommy Robinson Drew Attention to ‘Grooming Gangs.’ Britain Has Persecuted Him.:
The whole subject is so ugly and uncomfortable that very few people care to linger over it. Robinson is an exception. For him — as he said in a 2011 interview with the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman — the “grooming gangs” issue isn’t something that afflicts some far-off towns but people in the working-class communities that he knows. And while there are journalists (notably the Times’ Andrew Norfolk) who have spent considerable time and energy bringing this appalling phenomenon to light, most of British society has turned away in a combination of embarrassment, disgust, and uncertainty about how to even talk about this. Anyone who thinks Britain is much further along with dealing with the taboo of “grooming gangs” should remember that only last year the Labour MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, had to leave the shadow cabinet because she accurately identified the phenomenon.
While Robinson may ostensibly be locked up for “violating the rule of law,” per a technical violation of his probation, let’s be clear: Tommy was targeted because he espouses unpopular ideas and brings attention to subjects the UK power structure doesn’t want within pop culture’s purview. While in no way endorsing Robinson’s particular worldview, his right to espouse any world view — short of advocating the incitement of violence — should be unimpeachable!
Saw this video a couple days ago.
Woulda been a whole lot better if the crowd hadn’t punked out at the end, and let the pigs run them off.
That’s it for me… lots to do today, time to blaze.
Can’t have the corrupt courts getting wrapped up in all this pedophile busting now can we ?
Maybe he got too close to a robe that can’t keep his sick criminal acts from surfacing ?
Burn these sick fuks down
They could have only done this because the cops were not armed and did not have gas. IN the US there would have been gun fire by the Gestapo and gas all over and the MSM would have blamed the people
Now if these folks want to protest the jailing of someone reporting on grooming gangs (Zionist or not…and Tommy boy IS a Zionist, so he admits), fine, go ahead and protest–even though your protests won’t do any “bloody” good, right? But if these folks REALLY gave a damned about stopping grooming gangs, they would EACH TRY TO RESCUE ONE CHILD from these gangs, each. If a thousand protestors EACH rescued ONE GROOMING GANG VICTIM, or worked together in large groups to rescue a group of victims, I’d say there would be a lot fewer grooming gangs in the UK than there are now.
But it sure is a lot easier to protest regardless if it does any good or not, and blame all this on “Muslims” (as if all Muslims are evil gang groomers!) than it is to rescue victims, now isn’t it? Especially when BRITS CAN”T HAVE GUNS!