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2024-08-08 19:56:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0C4122F086BC9080F42229F91DB2EF7C3D4E035D8542A1EBD7AB231EAE67E20C
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The reporter perhaps didn't hear one of the speakers, Ricky Jones, a Labour Party councillor from Dartford calling for opponents to have their throats cut as the crowd cheered his call to violence. The Met Police say he's been arrested 'on suspicion of encouraging murder' https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-councillor-suspended-after-telling-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut/ar-AA1osGYGttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-councillor-cut-throats-speech-walthamstow-protest-b2593240.html https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/labour-councillor-arrested-encouraging-murder-slit-fascists-throat/
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