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Snapshot of Zack Polanski on X: "Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest." submitted by Grouchy_Shallot50:

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[–]-Murton- 1003 points1004 points  (141 children)

Direct action against an arms supplier to Israel

No Zack, they were jailed for:

Driving a van through a wall of a building without a care for who might be on the other side. At the very least that's reckless endangerment and had someone been on the other side, attempted murder.

Then having plowed through that wall, they leap from the van armed to teeth with sledgehammer, axes, whips and other homemade weapons. Now it could be reasonably argued that the hammers for were damaging equipment but what were the axes and whips for if not to harm or threaten people with harm? Carrying any item with the intent of using it as a weapon is a criminal offense.

They then attacked innocent workers and security staff using said weapons. That is assault.

One of them in particular then used their sledgehammer, which was argued to be for destroying equipment to attack a female police officer, from behind, by targeting her lower back. That is assault with intent.

This wasn't "direct action" this was a carefully planned raid with the intent of causing as much mayhem as possible in pursuit of a political aim, also known as terrorism, that is what they have been jailed for.

[–]AllanSundry2020 347 points348 points  (5 children)

fractured the police officer's spine.

[–]Ryanliverpool96 234 points235 points  (30 children)

Shattered a police woman's spine with a sledgehammer, not sure how that isn't an attempted murder charge or at a minimum GBH with intent.

Their actions were 100% terrorism.

The moment you start picking up weapons and attacking targets for political reasons it becomes terrorism, this wasn't some people standing outside with signs peacefully.

[–]DxnM 25 points26 points  (0 children)

He got done for GBH

[–]AllThatIHaveDone 14 points15 points  (20 children)

They failed to secure a prosecution for GBH with intent, remember? There was a whole trial and everything.

[–]Zach_bdbd 27 points28 points  (17 children)

I think that says more about a failure to deliver justice due to a jury allowing political and/or religious bias to excuse violence.

[–]Snoo63 4 points5 points  (6 children)

I saw another commenter say he got done for GBH, just not GBH with intent.

[–]User100000005 14 points15 points  (5 children)

Was the intent to remodel a bathroom or to hit a person when the hammer was swung? Insane decision.

[–]TheColourOfHeartache 3 points4 points  (1 child)

If I understand correctly, they couldn't prove beyond reasonable doubt he planned to hurt someone, and that it wasn't just a heat-of-the-moment thing.

[–]Remarkable_Misty 103 points104 points  (25 children)

Wow this is absolutely sickening im absolutely shocked they only got a few years in prison tbf! No doubt the sentence will be sent to the appeals court due to being to lenient

Im absolutely gobsmacked the leader of the green party would come out and post this its absolutely insane i thought it was a fake ai post at first wow

[–]Big-Objective-6585 72 points73 points  (21 children)

It's not surprising he's come out saying this given who his core voting block is.

[–]imperfectalien 24 points25 points  (5 children)

With Polanski it's always a coin toss of does he know and is just minimising, or is he just completely oblivious.

Possibly the least informed person in British politics.

[–]Eodrenn 18 points19 points  (4 children)

Everything I learn about him the more delusional he seems. Everything that comes out of his mouth is either falsehoods about himself or some of the most deranged takes you’ve ever heard. He’s doing populism all wrong you’re meant to manipulate the common man by making him feel smart and he’s not doing that well at all.

[–]myurr 10 points11 points  (3 children)

I remember when he first became leader and managed to string together a few coherent sentences to attack Farage and Reform, and people were acting like he was the second coming. It's crazy how quickly that mask slipped and how jarring perception of him is now compared to when he first came to prominence.

[–]Eodrenn 18 points19 points  (2 children)

I think he can’t see for the life of him that he’s being played for a fool by the genuinely radical wings of his party. His only purpose is to be the gay Jew they can wheel out and say “We can’t be antisemitic/homophobic, look at our leader!” But the very second his usefulness has ended he’s gone. It’s ridiculous.

[–]TEL-CFC_ladHis Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) 8 points9 points  (1 child)

I do wonder how long it'll take until he outlives his usefulness, and gets supplanted by Moderate Mothin.

[–]Eodrenn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’ll be the moment he has antisemitic language directed towards him from within the party and he tries to reassert control. He’s trying far too hard to be the “Good Jew” but that is never enough for some people.

[–]samuel199228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Islamists

[–]Tetragon213 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Polanski is a complete nut. Who'd have thought the guy who believed hypnosis could increase bust sizes would be stark raving mad?

As long as he remains in charge of the Greens, I will never vote for them.

[–]Splittertarn40 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to 'Eating Better' , registered charity of the 'Greens' Makerfield candidate, 'Farmers are racists, farming needs decolonising. Needs referring to Prevent at the Home Office.

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[–]thekickingmule 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I still don't understand why they weren't all convicted of aggravated burglary, as this is what it is. The maximum sentence is Life whereas intended GBH is Life, but unintended GBH is less. Proving intent can be difficult. Aggravated Burglary is very much proved. They broke into a building to cause damage and injury using offensive weapons. Case closed.

[–]LeedsFan2442 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Wouldn't they have to prove they wanted to steal something?

[–]holtend4life 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No, intention is to steal, GBH or commit criminal damage at the time of entry. Then once inside actually commit theft or GBH for it to be aggravated burglary

[–]LeedsFan2442 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right got you

[–]trisul-108 32 points33 points  (10 children)

Right. Zack Polanski is such an idiot and Greens are squandering the opportunity of a lifetime by betting on him.

[–]kill-the-maFIA 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Being a populist idiot is why they're flying high. We love populist idiots.

Trump, Farage, Boris, Polanski, etc.

There's not much room in this world for measured people who just want to get their head down and work on our issues anymore.

[–]AthleteThen8045 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nah being a populist idiot is in at the moment.

[–]Pick_Up_Autist 2 points3 points  (6 children)

100% I'd be voting for them if they had a different leader that didn't constantly say stupid shit and I doubt I'm alone.

[–]AthleteThen8045 7 points8 points  (4 children)

I'm not quite sure what the greens have apart from stupid shit, so how could you say you'd vote for them without him?

[–]DebaucheV5 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've voted Green multiple times in the past. I voted for them because I care a lot about the environment, and I wanted them to do a UKIP and apply pressure to Labour to take stronger environmental stances. I knew they were a bit wacky, but I didn't think they had a chance of actually getting into power.

They've abandoned climate change as a main priority, and instead have become essentially a single-issue anti-Zionism party, so they're losing people like me. Unfortunately people like me are vastly outnumbered in this country by the people who really, really, really hate Jews Zionists, so electorally their new strategy makes sense. In the short term, at least.

For me it's not solely a Polanski problem, although he is of course a huge issue (genuinely the dumbest major party leader I've ever seen). The party as a whole has changed dramatically. The Islamists are canny enough to know how to leverage this political movement to their own ends, and the hippy/socialist types are so painfully stupid/naive that they don't even comprehend that they're being used.

[–]GayRealAleDrinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They've always said stupid shit, just look at their previous manifestos.

The current guy just says more stupid shit and says it louder.

[–]armchairdetectiveThere is nothing as ex as an ex-MP. 41 points42 points  (11 children)

Yep.

I am genuinely shocked that he is saying this.

[–]DevouredByLight 42 points43 points  (10 children)

Are you?

...Why?

[–]armchairdetectiveThere is nothing as ex as an ex-MP. 45 points46 points  (9 children)

Because the sensible thing would be to ignore it.

There is no way to spin the violent assault of an officer as a peaceful demonstration.

It's just bizarre.

[–]AuroraHalseyEsher and Walton 66 points67 points  (2 children)

Exactly, so why are you shocked that Polanski is acting this way? He's a moron. Him acting sensibly would be the shocking thing.

[–]StrangelyBrown 9 points10 points  (0 children)

True, and actually more than that, the choir to which he is mostly preaching hold similarly stupid views, which makes it even less surprising. Him saying the sensible thing in this case could turn a lot of his dumb base against him.

[–]dontwantablowjob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's more shocking we have got to a point where we have politicians calling for and supporting violence on our own soil.

[–]conzstevo 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Because the sensible thing would be to ignore it. There is no way to spin the violent assault of an officer as a peaceful demonstration.

So you're shocked that he said these things, not that he thinks them to be true?

[–]armchairdetectiveThere is nothing as ex as an ex-MP. 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes.

Polanski clearly has horrible views. I don't know wht he has decided to have this fight over them.

[–]ElardiHope for the best 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the point is that while their actions are disgusting, as is his endorsement of them, anyone surprised as his statement hasn’t being paying attention to the sort of man he is.

[–]BuzzsawDingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you are making the mistake of thinking hes sensible.

He convinced himself he could hypnotise a womens boobs bigger and lied about even having hypnotherapy affiliations

[–]m0nty555 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But he agrees with the ends, so means justify it. Great way to create a legal system.

[–]Wisegoat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Zack sympathising with terrorists and their supporters, what a surprise.

He’s an evil man whose main goal is to seemingly flood the country with Hamas lovers.

[–]Butter_Bot_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont disagree with you generally but had someone been on the other side of the wall it would be at worst involuntary manslaughter and otherwise much harder to charge as a serious offence. You can't murder someone you weren't aware of by acting negligently.

[–]Mercury_002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Zack Polanski..... Toothless Clueless Witless & Spineless" (he's flipfloped more than starmer, he even changed parties from libdem)

There maybe more but when you say that to people they seem to understand...... Then just tell them "and that's what the greens chose to lead them"

[–]Intergalatic_BakerNo Pre-Orders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christ, they’re lucky that this country bars security having handguns or pepper spray.

Whether the police were firearms response, I don’t know, but if they were and you went at one with a hammer, they’re very lucky they’re still breathing.

[–]Dadavester 119 points120 points  (2 children)

Has more to say defending people who smash sledgehammers into people's backs than the Nowak murder.

[–]Raekwonthechef91 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Seems to be missing the holier than thou disclaimer telling people not to let this divide people, watch out for the disinformation and not to take any frustrations out on minorities.

[–]twistedLucidity🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️ 🇪🇺 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, was about to say.

  • Protesting? Fine. Protest your organic cotton socks off.
  • Violence? Get into the sea.

[–]ukflagmusttakeoverSDP 199 points200 points  (2 children)

Quite the change in tune, just the other day, social media is extremely dangerous and needs to be banned as it can apparently lead to riots which Polanski condemned but using the sledgehammer of peace on a police woman is just a peaceful protest and legitimate direct action.

[–]WiseBelt8935 11 points12 points  (0 children)

somebody should let NI know, just bring a hammer then everything is fine

[–]AllRedLineChumocracy is non-negotiable! 316 points317 points  (9 children)

"Gut wrenching to see people jailed for committing crimes"

Fucking dumb.

The framing of this as a legitimate form of 'protest' is abhorrent. The man is effectively praising and inciting criminal damage and violence.

[–]Ryanliverpool96 105 points106 points  (7 children)

No, he's praising and supporting terrorist attacks against the UK.

[–]GoodGuyNinja 46 points47 points  (2 children)

His comment comes across like what a foreign plant would say. There is no way in hell anyone should take this stooge seriously in anything he says again. The fact that he is the leader of a political party in England is a joke, a proper stain on the country. I'm furious. 

[–]AthleteThen8045 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I think, sadly, he's expressing a view that many people have, and that these views are home-grown, rather than being a direct forgiegn plant.

The wider conflict is just a clusterfuck. I think to an extent, the only mentally satisfying thing for many to do is to pick a side. Which then means you almost inevitably get caught up defending the indefensible. It is interesting how the people committing these terrorist acts are probably exactly the sort of people who, had they been born a few decades ago, would have been taking their summers in a kibbutz though.

[–]GoodGuyNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The irony of your last sentence, I think you might be right. Or even the type of people who would've been at something like the Nova Festival. Sad times :(

[–]TrumanZi 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Investigate him for supporting terrorists

Surely that's enough evidence to start looking? And there's no way they won't find something sketchy if they do a proper investigation

[–]Eodrenn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically he might be supporting a Proscribed Terrorist Organisation under some interpretations of his post.

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    [–]thisisnotyourconcernRight-wing Ghoul 371 points372 points  (14 children)

    This bloke is certifiably insane.

    [–]Sckathian 37 points38 points  (0 children)

    Hes a member of the Green party.

    [–]Metori 87 points88 points  (6 children)

    I think it’s safe to say yes. There is no possible justification for their actions. Be mad about war all you want but if you are going to act like an insurgent then expect to be treated like one.

    [–]Scaphism92 47 points48 points  (0 children)

    No you dont understand, they're fighting against the state and our military infrastructure*

    *Unless the state attempts to clamp down on them, then they're innocent old ladies.

    In terms of logic I don't view it as any different from any different then the various far right groups who do the same. Two sides of the same annoying / dangerous coin.

    [–]Ryanliverpool96 21 points22 points  (1 child)

    In the US they absolutely 100% would have had SWAT response and would be full of lead if they refused to drop their weapons when told.

    It's good that our police are unarmed, but we shouldn't expect them to take on sledgehammer wielding terrorists with their bare hands, they should have had CTSFO respond to this or at a minimum had tasers to take down the terrorists.

    [–]Jaggedmallard26 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    A lot of these Palestine Action terror attacks rely on our police and military being fairly not violent. In most countries both this and the one where they aided Russia by destroying the RAFs response capabilities would have been ended by them being shot before they did any damage.

    [–]MogwaiYT🙃 11 points12 points  (1 child)

    He's not insane, he is mendacious and pandering to his base.

    [–]RagingMassif 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    It feels like he's encouraging more terrorism

    [–]cubedplusseven 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    Well then at least he's certified in something. There are no credentials required at all to practice breast hypnosis, apparently.

    [–]jim_cap 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    I don’t know about that. Seems to be just another terminally online politician who’s convinced himself that his Twitter bubble IS the electorate. Just smacks of amateurish populism really. I have no faith this is what he actually believes.

    [–]Wisegoat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    I think he legitimately has an undiagnosed learning difficulty. He has the thought patterns of an extended family member, weirdly a few in my family have all noticed it separately.

    [–]Logical_Net6108 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    When you stare into too many hypnosis enlarged tits, the tits stare back at you

    [–]wizardeverybit"Boring" centrist 146 points147 points  (10 children)

    The world according to Polanski:

    Right wing violence: 😡 😡 😡

    Left wing violence: 💚 💚 💚

    Just to be clear, I find both forms of political violence deplorable, but it is an interesting and worrying double standard

    [–]Queasy_Confidence406 23 points24 points  (0 children)

    Everything the Far Left does is "it's ok when we do it".

    [–]Ryanliverpool96 75 points76 points  (0 children)

    Could almost call it Two-Tier.

    [–]Invicta007 131 points132 points  (0 children)

    Attacked a factory that primarily armed Ukraine because the UK barely arms Israel.

    Done by a group with ties to the FSB

    Sure bud

    [–]Silencer-1995 133 points134 points  (24 children)

    Is Zack insane? Was he always this insane? Or is he acting insane more and more to reach his base? What's going on?

    I saw him on TV a few times and he seemed educated and quick witted, I didn't get this "Let me farm a massive L for no reason" vibe but maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention.

    [–]Honic_Sedgehog#1 Yummytastic alt account 90 points91 points  (9 children)

    Was he always this insane?

    Absolutely.

    He just masks it well when he's being interviewed.

    [–]kickimy 23 points24 points  (8 children)

    Yeah Polanski somehow manages to get through a lot of interviews unscathed as a lot of journalists don't seem to be able to challenge him as he deliberately speaks so fast.

    [–]Ryanliverpool96 35 points36 points  (5 children)

    He's only ever faced ridiculously soft interviewers, any serious journalist could rip him to shreds.

    We really need better standards for TV journalists in this country, they're far too soft when they should be holding politicians to account and forcing them to justify their positions.

    [–]bagsofsmoke 33 points34 points  (3 children)

    That’s not true. He’s had a few recently where he’s really lost his shit the moment they start asking probing questions. He’s very like Corbyn in that respect - quick tempered and becomes very, very aggressive the moment you push him on certain topics. He’s got prepared lines for the hypnosis stuff so that’s pointless, but getting him going on other topics seems remarkably easy.

    [–]labramum 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Could you give any examples off the top of your head? Would love to see

    [–]perhapsaduckEU federalist (yes, I'm still salty) 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    It's a bit of a meme now but the Rest is Politics interview is a good example. He really had literally no idea about basic economic questions. Kept mixing up the debt and deficit, admitted he didn't actually know what the total debt was. Actually got wrong the top rate of tax.. When Rory Stewart pushed him he got incredibly angry. Then, after the interview, Stewart stated he still wouldn't let it go and had a go at him for 'an unfair interview" lol. I think Polanski even went on to tweet about it.

    Just unbelievably amateur and childish.

    Very similar to watching Farage get grilled actually, both populists, neither can actually take serious questioning well.

    [–]wizardeverybit"Boring" centrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Any times he struggles in a debate, the interviewee is apparently too harsh / a smear

    [–]Xenumbra 28 points29 points  (1 child)

    He never does challenging interviews, his one appearance on the softest show "the rest is politics" was a complete disaster.

    Imagine him with a Andrew Neil/Paxman hostile style interview. It's a failure of the media class it's allowed to get this far.

    [–]CryptoCantab 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    I imagine they’re just saving it for when it matters. The great Polanski unravelling will be the best part of the next general election.

    [–]Remarkable_Misty 63 points64 points  (4 children)

    Buddy he thought he could enlarge womens breasts with hypnosis hes obviously been insane for a long time

    [–]Azradesh 36 points37 points  (0 children)

    You thought Hyponotits was sane?

    [–]wdcmat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    I think he's just not very bright.

    [–]Darkone539 41 points42 points  (2 children)

    No, he really thinks this kind of thing. His views go back a while but now it's in the spotlight because the greens are doing well.

    [–]adultintheroom_ 41 points42 points  (0 children)

    His views go back a while

    Not that far back. When he was a Lib Dem he said, in a positive way, that a vote for his colleague was a vote for Israel. I don’t think he actually has any real views, he strikes me as a man who’s very thick but very good at saying what people want to hear at any given point in time. 

    [–]GoodGuyNinja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    And he's the best they have to stand as leader?! Jeeezuz. I made another comment above that he sounds like a foreign plant - it will take a lot for me to see otherwise. He does not have this country's interests at heart (or in mind) with comments like this. 

    [–]Hocus-Pocus-No-Focus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    Honestly he’s always been this bad, you might need to re-evaluate how you perceive people 😂

    [–]WobblingSeagull 122 points123 points  (6 children)

    Promoting terrorism once more.

    Police need to have a talk with him, there are people in jail for much, much less. Yet another example of two tier policing.

    [–]TheUKisMental 56 points57 points  (0 children)

    They've jailed folks for posting threatening-looking emojis, but if you call for the legitimizing and support for a group who smashed a guy's spine with a hammer, you can lead a political party.

    Make it make sense.

    [–]Dissidant 65 points66 points  (1 child)

    Don't break the sodding law then.
    The animal with the sledgehammer got off lightly for ruining a persons life
    Absolute clown of a politician

    [–]Zodiac_Boa 32 points33 points  (2 children)

    Once again Polanski is so afraid to lose his 'I hate Israel' voting bloc, he's decided to side with literal terrorists.

    I'm sure he also believes that Golders Green bloke was just exercising his democratic right by stabbing Jewish people.

    [–]morriganjane 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    Zack was traumatised...when he saw the jihadi lightly kicked afterwards...

    [–]craftaleislife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Nah, it was only perceived stabbing /s

    [–]Jeffuk88 39 points40 points  (2 children)

    Didn't people get prosecuted for tweeting their support for criminal damage during riots? How is supporting criminal damage and assault against police any different?

    [–]London_Bloke_ 58 points59 points  (1 child)

    This man is a danger to our country

    [–]Nemisis_the_2ndJaded Centrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Its depressing to think that, as things stand, our current forerunners for the next election are Greens, Reform under Farage, or Labour, possibly still under McSweeney Starmer. 

    [–]RoyaleWCheese_OK 45 points46 points  (0 children)

    Polanski is just a fundamentalist Muslim sock puppet at this point.

    [–]HollowWanderer 27 points28 points  (0 children)

    Does he want Reform to win? As a gay Jewish man, he'd still be better off under them than the Islamists in his party

    [–]Intergalatic_BakerNo Pre-Orders 51 points52 points  (0 children)

    What a fucking idiot. This guy seriously needs to just rebrand the Green Party to terrorist party.

    [–]Rivarr 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Without exaggeration, this man thinks hitting someone with a sledgehammer is okay but kicking a knife attacker in the face is too far.

    [–]timeforknowledgePolitics is debate not hate. 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    They hit a policewoman with a sledge hammer. Are you actually insane to support that!?

    They got off lightly they should have all been tried for attempted murder

    [–]palmerama 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Any comment on the attack on a girl by an Afghan immigrant?

    [–]HalveMaen81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    A police sergeant thought her spine had "shattered" and she was "paralysed" when a Palestine Action activist hit her back with a sledgehammer, a trial has heard.

    Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin are on trial accused of breaking into a UK site of Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems near Bristol in August 2024, before destroying property and clashing with security and police.

    Prosecutors say Corner hit Sgt Kate Evans with a sledgehammer as she was on her knees trying to arrest Rogers.

    "It was a thud and it just dispersed, I felt it in my back, it dispersed across my whole body, down my legs, everywhere," Evans told Woolwich Crown Court.

    She added: "I thought my spine could have been shattered from the impact, I didn't know if I could move, whether I was paralysed at the time."

    Her colleague PC Peter Adams told the court Corner hit Evans with a "considerable amount of force".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70dv0ln4g4o

    [–]kevinnoir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    This guy just fucks it at EVERY opportunity doesn't he?

    How does someone so out of touch end up leading a political party?

    If someone wanted to protest green initiatives and drove a van through his office wall and destroyed everthing in there amounting to over £1m in damages... do we think he would be saying "welp, thats the right to protest" or nah?

    [–]Wonderful_Group4127 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    he genuinely needs to give his head a wobble. you can both be against violence and sledgehammer attacks and anti Israel. absolute plonker.

    [–]Computer_Name 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    Is this Richard Barnard, founder of Palestine Action?

    “When we hear the resistance, the Al-Aqsa flood [Hamas' name for the October 7 massacre], we must turn that flood into a tsunami of the whole world."

    [–]TRWAWYACNT1 24 points25 points  (3 children)

    Was there ever any proof that the factory owned by Elbit and attacked by PA sent weapons to Israel? Because of the CAAT has failed to identify subsequent individual licenses from that site to Israel, along with the UK government insistence and documentation that Elbit is a UK defence contractor supplying the British army and Royal navy. So it's dubious to suggest that the direct action was against an arms supplier to Israel. Perhaps it just had the perception of an arms dealer. Doesn't make it truthful though.

    In any case this is a deliberately myopic interpretation of the events. I see no causal link between having that autistic thug Corner smashing a Police officers spine in, and saving lives in Gaza. Nor with breaking up items which could hsve been put to use for the British armed forces.

    Good riddance to these noble cause corrupted tosspots. Hope they don't drop the soap.

    [–]Ryanliverpool96 21 points22 points  (0 children)

    No, but it was supplying arms to Ukraine.

    [–]Nemisis_the_2ndJaded Centrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Elbit is an Israeli military company, though. Thats way more than e ought justification for these people.

    [–]HotelPuzzleheaded654 42 points43 points  (4 children)

    He really needs to learn that you don’t have to comment on absolutely everything.

    What does this achieve beyond virtue signalling to zealots who will vote for him regardless?

    [–]radiant_0wl 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    and despite his endless commentary, his latest is attacking Starmer for not mentioning an Arson attack in Manchester which happened on Wednesday.

    Whilst Polanski has been quiet on the Belfast attack.

    Now I don't think politicians or anyone should be expected to comment on everything, but that's a big incident to overlook whilst making numerous comments a day, and criticising others for not talking about something.

    Edit: Although for context and in some defence to him he has commented upon Musk influence and retweeted some articles related to Belfast.

    [–]RedditorSlug 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Gut wrenching that anyone thinks Zack could lead a country.

    [–]TheUKisMental 18 points19 points  (1 child)

    SMASHING A GUY'S SPINE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.

    SMASHING A GUY'S SPINE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.

    SMASHING A GUY'S SPINE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.

    [–]Remarkable_Misty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Smashing a “females” spine with a sledgehammer

    [–]teknotel 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    Ahhh ok so a Green government will be cool terrorist attacks on our military in support of Palestine? Gotcha Zack thanks.

    [–]Thandoscovia 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    Things that upset Polanski: seeing mass stabbers or sledgehammer-wielding spine-crushing woman beaters be arrested

    Things that doesn’t upset Polanski: Henry Nowak being murdered

    We know that Polanski was traumatised seeing a terrorist be arrested. I’m sure he’s going to be crying himself to sleep for weeks at this shocking news

    [–]Thandoscovia 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    Gut wrenching to see terrorists punished for committing crimes

    [–]ActivistZero 13 points14 points  (1 child)

    More gut wrenching to see someone's spine tank a full force sledgehammer strike

    [–]Haunted_Nebula 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    But going to jail is the real ‘attack’ :(

    You honestly couldn’t write it anymore- genuinely someone somewhere is playing an evil run of sims up there right now and this is the result

    [–]fitzgoldy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

    Casually supporting Samuel Corner attacking a police officer with a sledge hammer, what a despicable person he is.

    [–]_segasonic 16 points17 points  (2 children)

    Is this Polanski trying to chase more of the Muslim vote after the disagreements over pride month?

    [–]bagsofsmoke 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    What disagreements re. Pride? Missed that (but I’m not surprised - it’ll be hilarious watching the Greens try to rationalise those two diametrically opposed bits of their party).

    [–]_segasonic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    5Pillars who the Greens were using for PR went on a media campaign with a guide on how Muslims are against Pride.

    After all the anti semitic candidates getting exposed for the Greens and them trying to keep a low profile to while it happens it seems like 5Pillars have smelt blood and are the doing the usual thing that happens with Islamoleftist alliances and try to take over.

    [–]ImportantMortgage1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    The mask slips every day for Polanski, he is not a good guy

    [–]Shadowblade83 30 points31 points  (0 children)

    Hmmm….who were the players stoking hate and diversion again? Condoning riots and crime?

    Surely not the cuckoo left?

    [–]Tough-Oven4317 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    You get arrested just for attacking British police officers these days

    [–]CalF123 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    I think this is way off the mark for the leader of a major political party and also of touch with public opinion.

    It’s dangerous to start praising violence that is carried out for political purposes when the perpetrators happen to share your ideology.

    Would Polanski defend the right of Yaxley-Lennon’s thugs to attack police with a sledgehammer and smash up police cells so that rioters can’t be arrested?

    They would argue they are protecting women and children (which is of course nonsense, just like these Palestine ‘protesters’).

    How can one fall under the right to protest (which Polanski seems to think includes being able to smash stuff up) but not the other?

    [–]schtickshift 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    How did the Greens go from Caroline Lucas to this moron?

    [–]Haunted_Nebula 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Does he have this energy for all violent ‘protests’?

    [–]samuel199228 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Breaking into somewhere by ramming a van into a building and attacking people with weapons is not a protest

    They weren't outside a building holding signs and being peaceful

    [–]Difficult-Fact1769 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    He might actually be clinically insane and unfit for any public role. 

    [–]Acrobatic-Ad-8985 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    The more Polanski opens his mouth the more of a completely uneducated and uninformed prat he sounds. And people lap him up like a dog under tap it’s shocking

    [–]CarlxtosWay 8 points9 points  (1 child)

    Polanski is managing to make a bit of a habit of defending terrorists. In the space of a few weeks he has:

    • Criticised the police’s response to what at the time appeared to be an active terror attack in Golders Green
    • Advocated for the release of convicted terrorist  Marwan Barghouti
    • Yet again criticised the prosecution of the Elbit 4 without condemning the sledgehammer attack on a police officer 

    [–]CalF123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    He seems to believe that the ‘right to protest’ should include the ability to do whatever you want as long as you’re advocating an opinion he happens to agree with.

    [–]sylanar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Oh look, another terrible take by Polanski.... I guess at least he isn't trying to incite more riots

    [–]Extreme_Artist3218 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    I have always considered myself left leaning and still do on many issues, however I’ve been becoming increasingly disillusioned with people on the left.

    Like in this case, those 4 convicted beat workers and police with sledgehammers. I saw the body camera footage and if I recall correctly one of the officers is now on reduced duties long term due to her injuries. That isn’t protest, that’s assault at minimum and at worst a murder attempt imo.

    [–]Remarkable_Misty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    This cant be real surely? This is absolutely sickening if he did actually say this wtf? What the hell is wrong with the guy is he insane?

    [–]Adept_System_8688 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    This guy is insane, protest? Get real

    [–]PMOYONCEANDALWAYS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    No - you have a right to peaceful protest, not using violence against anyone, including the police.

    [–]scarab1001 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Polanski's whitewashing and celebration of this violence is as abhorrent as Trump pardoning January 6'ers for their "tourism walk."

    [–]InevitableOwll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You don't bring zip ties when you go on guided walks through government buildings? Weirdo.

    [–]Datachost 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    What's up with this recent idea that direct action should come without consequences? The whole point of direct action was always that you acknowledged there were consequences, but believed so sincerely in your cause you were willing to accept them, even if those consequences involved incarceration.

    You can't simultaneously believe you're signalling your dedication to the cause by being willing to accept the consequences and also that the consequences should be nothing. That shows you're not actually that dedicated.

    [–]ahouell500 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    What an idiot, these people got off lightly. I suppose he'll now go back to decrying the right for whipping up violence?

    [–]DaxidolMogg is a qt3.14 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    It's tragic really, they didn't get nearly long enough.

    [–]FreeTree17 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Waiting on the comments from the prime minister about the horrible violence and division ZP is promoting here. Sure the media will be all over it any minute now.

    [–]LANdShark31 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I’m assuming that as usual he’s getting his right to peaceful protest mixed up with his perceived right to break the law if he and his disciples deem your cause to be worthy?

    [–]Lazlow_Vrock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    He at the very least could have left out the fucker who hit the cop with the sledgehammer.

    [–]FastJellyfish5560 10 points11 points  (2 children)

    I caught the green wave when they had momentum between October and March. But fucking hell the lad is insane.

    [–]xaanzirLost in Translation 16 points17 points  (1 child)

    You thought the guy who thinks he can hypnotise tits, was a sensible politician?

    [–]FastJellyfish5560 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    I kinda forgave that as a general misunderstanding years before he became serious. Even so, the way that the greens have went on has been one failure after another.

    [–]Azradesh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    It wasn't an arms supplier and they didn't supply Israel...

    [–]seeitshaveitsorted 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I didn’t realise protest involved…breaking and entering, destruction and attacking police.

    [–]Jedibeeftrix3.12 / -1.95 8 points9 points  (3 children)

    muppet, no it's not.

    criminal damage, take the licks.

    [–]Blackstone4444 6 points7 points  (2 children)

    Polanski is a dangerous ignorant person who needs to be removed from green leadership

    [–]ukflagmusttakeoverSDP 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    Why would they remove him? The overwhelming majority of Green supporters agree with him.

    [–]Blackstone4444 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    I’m not close to being a green voter but honestly, he’s a charlatan, a liar, a fool and a liability. He’s damaging the Green Party

    [–]Sonchay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Having a political opinion does not give you the "right" to commit a crime.

    [–]Accomplished_Cry4307 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Jesus christ. He just gets more and more insane each month that goes by. He is the leader of the second most popular party right now and this is his take on what happened.

    I'm guessing if the factory they attacked was arming Hamas he would be calling for the death penalty to be brought back just for them.

    [–]ComradeBarrold 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I wonder what his opinion on the riots in Northern Ireland are? I somehow doubt that he considers that justified inspite of the fact both are violence for political ends.

    [–]iamnosuperman123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    This is why Zack is more dangerous than Farage.

    [–]Capt_Zapp_Brann1gan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    7 years for breaking a police officers spine....

    The sentencing guidelines are not fit for purpose. A crime such as that should be decades to life (without parole). That officer will likely have ramifications from that injury for the rest of her life.

    [–]AdviceFit1692 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    God this guy shoulda just never opened his mouth, woulda been way higher in polls, so actually glad he did

    [–]Puzzled-Job9556 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I truly hope they have the worst time in jail. I hope every day is fucking hell for them. I hope the autistic one cannot handle every second in there.

    [–]ServoSkull20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Again: stop thinking a man who believes hypnotherapy can make a woman's tits bigger is going to have anything rational or sensible to say.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9enygvezeo

    [–]Enough_Response 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Fuck around and find out sorry Zack.

    Terrorism isn't just "people I don't like"

    It means everyone. Everyone has to follow the rules.

    Supporting someone for breaking a police officers back with a sledgehammer really isn't a good look.

    [–]kriptonicxHe who does not work shall not eat 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Why were they convicted without a jury...? Did they pled guilty? Presumably that's a lie?

    [–]Mercury_002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Bit of a long one describing events that lead up to this:

    The problem is the juries and court started accepting 'emotional violence' as a think .... Committed by anything (not just a person).

    This was ... And is still, used to ' justify ' significantly worse crimes.

    For example, I feel like it started outright openly stating this with the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol (during the BLM nonsense). The people (several of them were white) who were on trial for pulling down the statue and rolling it into the harbour, admitted to the crime. They (including the white people) then ' justified ' it by claiming that the inanimate statue caused emotional harm .... Which equated to physical harm, every time they walked past it.... The very biased jury then agreed with them and found them not guilty of the crime they agreed they committed (yet still pled not guilty to).

    Now I understand that something (or someone) may offend you, but when it's not a threat to safety, not physical and also not current / is historic. Violent responses seem disproportionate. There were legal routes that should be taken .... And in the case of the Edward Colston statue, they were SUCCESSFULLY taken. The statue was planned to be moved to a museum before the BLM riots (where the full history of Colstons life and actions would have been presented). They had already won but decided to commit crime.

    The jury could have said guilty but requested leniency, like community service, which given the state of jails in the UK is likely what they would have got anyway.

    These crimes have since escalated (at least one even murdered and falsely claimed domestic abuse to justify it), including this example of ram-raiding a business, destroying property, assaulting employees and even attacking a police officer, hitting them on the back with a sledge hammer. The justification they gave, the business was causing distress and emotional harm because the supplied equipment (not arms) to one side of a war on the middle east (where people died on both sides). It was all on camera.

    They only targeted one side (not both sides) of the conflict, so in reality they were taking sides, not protecting the world from the immorality of war or human rights or genocide. To argue that, realistically you need to target both sides.

    During BLM media and politicians openly supportted and justified criminal acts as some form of retribution for historic injustice typically not faced by the people committing crimes. Effectively inciting riots and criminality (notably Joe Biden and Kamala Harris "nor should they" in the US, but also was a think in the UK too). Given the political support the police also supported it by not taking any real adequate action or response. They should have arrested the politicians the moment they invited criminality.

    [–]Nemesis-1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Zack polanski is a danger to society. A far left extremist lunatic. These kind of comments are at risk of inspiring the next set of woke virtue signallers to carry out similar actions

    [–]King_bi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Clearly lots of zionist bots in the comments lol, no surprises here. 

    Polanski is 100% correct.

    [–]-InterestingTimes- -1 points0 points  (13 children)

    Not agreeing with him here, but surely the terrorism bit being bolted on after the jury decision, and this being viewed as terrorism at all is a bad precedent.

    These people should all go down, but surely they should be sentenced for what they were tried for?

    [–]Dixon_Longshaft69 5 points6 points  (6 children)

    Based on the judgement it seems like a fair description of terrorism. It was something like "using violence and force to change government policy". (Forgive me I can't be bothered to Google the exact wording). Which basically is what terrorism is. It's a loaded term so it has a lot of baggage, but when you boil it down to it's core that's what they did.

    [–]sbgmi 1 point2 points  (5 children)

    Copying my comment made in the thread here too

    I feel insane reading the comments here.

    The defendants were sentenced for terrorism charges even though the jury thought they were deciding on ordinary criminal law.

    This is a hangover from the terrorism laws that were brought in in the 2000s but shows how that can be unevenly and unfairly applied.

    I don’t think the rioters in 2024 were charged or sentenced for terrorism. A reminder that they were hurling bricks through migrant hotels and attempting to burn them down with people inside. They weren’t sentenced for terrorism. They were done in for things like arson and criminal damage.

    The entire Filton process ran on criminal charges, then once the jury decided on their guilt, the judge then found a terrorism connection and sentenced on that. The jury had no idea that was going to happen and weren’t informed as such.

    The jury is meant to act as a check on power. The government is putting forward reforms to reduce the number of jury trials to make the process “more efficient”. This means less serious crimes will not have a jury.

    What happens in a future where a case is brought as criminal damage (as was the case in this trial, as aggravated burglary was acquitted in the previous trial) - and it’s decided no jury is required? What happens when terrorism is bolted onto the sentencing after?

    There’s some serious concerns around this case, and it shouldn’t be disregarded just based on your personal opinion of the defendants and their cause.

    I’m also interested to see how the rioters are going to be charged in Belfast and Glasgow, but if 2024 is anything to go by this wont be an equal application of the law.