UK Prosecutors Discover 'Terrorism' Has a Statute of Limitations
The BBC reports UK prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of terrorism charges against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. The charge for displaying a Hezbollah flag at a London concert was thrown out for being outside the six-month statutory limit. One might wonder about the furious rush to prosecute when a narrative supports certain political interests, versus the sudden onset of bureaucratic
lethargy when it doesn't align with state-approved villain archetypes. The speed of justice, it seems, is directly proportional to geopolitical convenience. While prosecutors meticulously track flag-waving deadlines, the UK government's historical 'blind spots' often involve materially aiding actual state terror. For instance, the UK continues to arm Saudi Arabia, a regime engaged in a brutal war
in Yemen (a war, by the way, that has killed tens of thousands of civilians, as documented by Human Rights Watch), without any 'statutory limits' on their complicity in human rights abuses. Funny how 'terrorism' is defined so narrowly to avoid state-sanctioned violence.