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> In London, a barrister who held up a blank piece of paper in Parliament Square was asked for his details by Metropolitan Police officers, and told that he wo
by doublerabbit 2y ago
> In London, a barrister who held up a blank piece of paper in Parliament Square was asked for his details by Metropolitan Police officers, and told that he would be arrested under the Public Order Act if he wrote "Not My King" on the paper.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_paper_protest https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_paper_protest
- hnlmorg 2y agoAlready commented on here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43040546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43040546 In short, he wasn’t charged yet when similar protests happen in the US (for example) then people do get charged.