https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wor ... d-at-them/
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An anti-Islamic nationalist wheeled a homemade gallows into central London, led a group of men into a conference hall and attempted to "arrest" the city's first Muslim mayor as he gave a speech Saturday.
The group failed, and was eventually escorted out by the same police officers they had asked to apprehend Mayor Sadiq Kahn. They still managed to delay the speech for 15 minutes as they accused Kahn of treachery, tyranny, and disrespecting President Trump
Okay, fuck them extra for appropriating and disgracing the family name of King Arthur.But as Kahn prepared to give his address, a man named Davey Russell and about a half-dozen others towed a wooden frame with a noose onto a street outside the auditorium. They had decorated it with the emblem of a white dragon, and written on the top: "TAKE BACK CONTROL."
Russell told reporters outside the conference that his group was called the Pendragons.
But an ITV reporter, among others, identified him as a leading member of the English Defense League, a well-known far-right organization. Russell also is host of an anti-Islamic radio show, which Kent Online reported was raided by police several years ago.
Because bringing a gallows is totally not an implied threat.Khan took the microphone and managed to say, "Thank you," before a man in a trench coat approached the table and interrupted his speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to make a peaceful, nonviolent citizen's arrest of those named," the man said.
He named Khan and Parliament member Kate Green, who was chairing the event, and two other speakers.
Police had still not arrived after 10 minutes or so. One of the Pendragons walked up to Khan's table and showed him an American flag, which he was holding backward.
"Mr. Khan," the man said, "there's millions of British people supporting Donald Trump."
The audience booed especially loudly at this.
Eventually, Sky News reported, Khan began to read a newspaper.
Man's got class.
I notice he didn't say WHO they'd be investigating.After a quarter-hour standoff, Russell pointed his cellphone at his own face and happily announced to his Facebook viewers: "There's an inspector outside we have to speak to now over these charges against Sadiq Kahn."
But when the constable walked into the room, he simply told Russell, "You'll have to leave now."
Russell handed the officer a sheet of paper outlining his complaints. One of them cited the Coronation Oath Act of 1688. The officer looked at it. "We are going to investigated," he promised, not entirely convincingly.
Buuurrrrn."Well, the grounds for the arrest are all there," Russell said.
"We don't do citizen's arrests," the officer explained. "We do lawful arrests."
Okay, I'm officially a fan of this guy.Khan stood up and resumed his speech. "It's a pleasure to be here," he said, "even though we were distracted by the actions of what some would call very stable geniuses."
But as funny as this is, its also a disturbing reminder that the President of the United States is now acting as a figurehead for a global neo-fascist movement.
