In this report, I break down a series of UK incidents—caught on camera and shared on X—showing police overreach against ordinary citizens for speech, religion, self-defense, and peaceful assembly. From an arrest over the phrase “I like bacon,” to a street preacher questioned for causing “anxiety,” to a 12-year-old detained after defending herself, to elderly women manhandled at a demonstration, to door-to-door raids and a man jailed for waving an England flag—this is a pattern, not a one-off.
What’s inside
* Arrest over a harmless phrase (“I like bacon”) under vague harassment laws
* Street preacher confronted and pressured for personal info without clear charges
* Self-defense punished: 12-year-old detained after brandishing a knife against attackers
* Elderly protesters aggressively arrested by a large police contingent
* Door-to-door raids and mass arrests tied to “offensive” online posts
* A man sentenced after waving the England flag near a mosque
* Nationwide protests and signs of expanding state control into private life
My takeThe UK is normalizing suppression where subjective “distress” trumps objective rights. Speech, assembly, religion, and self-defense are being chilled. Citizens are being turned into suspects for expressing national pride or voicing beliefs in public.
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