A woman who was arrested for a silent prayer in front of an abortion clinic in the U.K. says she was taken to the police station and questioned about her thoughts, according to a new video released online.
“I’m a friend to some, a sister to others, a charity worker, a Christian. … I’m not a criminal,” says Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who says she has been formally charged on “four counts” previously believed to be for failing to comply and “anti-social behavior” for the incident that took place in Birmingham, England.
The government website for the city describes anti-social behavior as “behaviour which has caused or is likely to cause you harassment, alarm or distress.”
“When I was taken down to the police station, I was then grilled about what I was thinking,” says Spruce.
“Later, they let me know that I’ve now been charged on four counts, because of the thoughts I’ve been thinking and where I’ve been thinking them,” she explains. MORE
Thought crime?
Paging George Orwell….
Used to travel to UK all the time. I will never return. There is nothing left of the once-free people I used to admire.
We are feelings enforcement and we’re here to help.
Everyone thought the Soviet Union was defeated.
Instead, their Communist philosophy has now spread over Europe, Canada, South America and the American Democrat Party.
Coming soon the the U.S.
“Girls are being groomed by rape gangs? Sorry, we are busy policing thought crimes.”
This makes me think of the video from a few years ago where two (female) officers in England were being attacked and people just walked by and did nothing. And they wonder why.
It is incredible to me that the worst countries in the world are the supposed Western Civilization ones that supposedly celebrate the individual. Canadia, New Zealand, Australia, UK are the absolutely most authoritarian. And US is fighting to get there.
Like Venezuela, any ‘successful’ socialist country will quickly devolve into anarchy.
I feel violated, lock her up!
I suppose it would have been worse if they had charged her for what she thinking when they explained they were charging her for what she was thinking.
Where is Monte Python when you need them?
Shit like this exists because there is no one to call out the absurdity of it all!!
Ministry of Funny Thoughts?
Walk this way…
Well according to the definition, the people ought to harass the cops then the cops could be arrested for “antisocial behavior “.
I hope scientists don’t figure out a way to scan our brains for specific thoughts; I’d be jailed for eternity with my thoughts about librats.
The abortion clinic was CLOSED at the time, so who were her thoughts threatening?
They are right to be afraid of this woman. Her prayers for God Almighty’s intervention are heard by him and will be answered in his perfect time. As are ours.
I’ll not tolerate crap like this here. If it ever takes hold, I’ll let my M-1 do my talking. (From a famous WWII Anti-Nazi poster.)