Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6YPXN)
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying Free Gaza' of supporting a proscribed organisation
Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying Free Gaza" and Israel is committing genocide", accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.
Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month.
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