@JugglingWithEggs @DoomsdaysCW
"motives of those who have them arrested"
Those who arrested them are doing what they're ordered to do ("following orders", "doing their Job" is following orders)
Someone[s] up the pecking order gave those orders. Follow that to the 'top' and ask those people what are their motives (I'd wager it's money). Having written that, "following orders" is often also because if they don't, they lose their Jobs (AKA as lose #money)
@scientist @DoomsdaysCW in the UK the Tory government has moved swiftly towards criminalising all forms of protest. A protest can be just one person and people can be apprehended and charged by the police on the belief that they may intend to join a protest - they don’t have to have participated. Such legislation enables the police ‘to carry out their job’. Our politicians have stated those engaging in environmental protest are extremists.
@JugglingWithEggs @scientist @DoomsdaysCW let me be one of the first to point out that these are changes to the criminal law in England (and possibly Wales) but do NOT apply in Scotland (notwithstanding your use of the term ‘UK’)
@strathearnrose @JugglingWithEggs @DoomsdaysCW
Fair point
@scientist @JugglingWithEggs @DoomsdaysCW it’s always useful to know there’s a criminal law comparison available just up the road 😉
