Police have apologised for handcuffing a pensioner over a social media post warning about the threat of anti-Semitism in Britain.
Julian Foulkes, who served in the police force for a decade, was “shocked” and “flabbergasted” when six officers from Kent Police arrived at his doorstep equipped with batons and pepper spray.
Kent Police has since apologised for the “distress” caused to one of their former colleagues.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told GB News that the arrest was “absolutely disgraceful”.
He told The People’s Channel: “That should never have happened. We cannot have the police harassing clearly innocent people.
“He clearly hadn’t committed a crime in that way. Absolutely disgraceful.”
Police have apologised for handcuffing a pensioner over a social media post warning about the threat of anti-Semitism in Britain
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He added: “Kent police have apologised and were quite right to.”
The Shadow Home Secretary said that the Conservatives would abolish non-crime hate incidents to “stop this kind of nonsense happening in the first place”.
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