As a result of anti-immigrant riots happening in the U.K., the Chief of London's Metropolitan Police announced a policy of prosecuting people supporting the rioters or opposing immigration online. Said official made a point of saying they would attempt to extradite people posting such things from overseas, including the U.S.
I am of the opinion the First Amendment protects Americans from prosecution for opinions they have expressed. Would the U.S. government extradite a U.S. citizen for posting the opinion that the U.K. should do a much better job of controlling illegal emigration and expelling those guilty thereof?
I want the U.S. government to do a better job of controlling illegal immigration and expelling those guilty thereof. I intend to vote for that goal this November.
Why can't I want the same thing for the U.K. from whence at least some of my ancestors came nearly four centuries ago, and others more recently? Wanting that, and publicly stating that desire cannot be unlawful.
I don't approve of rioting, although I understand its roots. As Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, “A riot is the language of the unheard.”
The last several elected governments in the U.K. have promised to control immigration and have failed to do so. The U.K. elite pandering to and then ignoring the wishes of those who elected them is a serviceable example of "unheard" or if you prefer "unheeded."
