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The police have always worked for established power against those who challenge it. But even by their standards, this is ridiculous.
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Based on these criteria, I wonder whether there's any successful democracy or justice movement, at any point in history, that today's police would NOT have put on a terrorist watch list.
The other, unbelievably stupid and staggeringly obvious, thing about including peaceful groups like @GreenpeaceUK, @PETAUK and @XRebellionUK on the list is that it diverts attention and resources from tackling real terrorists and extremists.
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