What the hell is going on in Britain?
Well, the answer is in that sentence I just wrote, and I’ll boldface it for you.
As protestors and rioters take to the streets as gangs of Muslims continue to commit horrific crimes and go on killing sprees, the British law enforcement is doing nothing to end the violence.
Instead, they’re coming after anyone who dares to criticize them online.
Persecuting “thoughtcrimes,” as modern-day Britain has become known to do.
But, they’re no longer content to stop at the U.K.’s border.
Nope, they want to come after everyone, location and citizenship be damned!
And, apparently, this includes Elon Musk – an American citizen.
A British police chief has just warned Musk, as well as other critics, that “we will come after you,” regardless of where you are.
Watch for yourself:
“whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets, or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you.” -London Met Police Chief
He then goes on to seemingly threaten Elon Musk specifically.
Good luck with that 🦅🇺🇸#TeaInTheHarbor #london… pic.twitter.com/1ykShBMESz
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) August 8, 2024
Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley threatens to EXTRADITE and imprison American citizens over online posts.
He does not rule out Elon Musk. pic.twitter.com/AUJhEgTTtJ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 9, 2024
The Daily Wire reported:
A British police commissioner suggested he was willing to arrest Elon Musk, who is a U.S. citizen, for highlighting the extreme acts of violence and riots committed by Muslim gangs in England in online posts on his platform X.
“We will throw the full force of the law at people,” British Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said during a recent interview. “And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you.”
Rowley’s remarks come amid ongoing protests and riots in the United Kingdom in response to the killing of three young girls during a mass-stabbing attack that left several more injured.
A reporter asked Rowley about “high profile figures” who were allegedly “whipping up the hatred” that he was claiming was happening online.
“I’m even thinking of the likes of Elon Musk getting involved,” the reporter said. “What are you considering when it comes to dealing with people who are whipping up this kind of behavior from behind a keyboard and maybe in a different country?”
“Being a keyboard warrior does not make you safe from the law,” Rowley responded.
“You can be guilty of offenses of, of incitement, of stirring up racial hatred. There are numerous terrorist offenses regarding the sort of publishing of material. All of those offenses are in play if people are provoking hatred and violence on the streets, and we will come after those individuals, just as we will physically confront on the streets the thugs and the yobs who are taking, who are causing the problems for communities.”
So, is this just a baseless, ridiculous threat?
Well, probably. But, maybe not.
The Western Journal did a great job breaking down the implications:
Thus, we have Sir Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, telling Sky News that he’s absolutely willing to extradite “keyboard warrior[s]” who run afoul of authorities.
“We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you,” he said on Sky.
The reporter then asked about “the likes of Elon Musk” commenting and what he would do “when it comes to dealing with people who are whipping up this kind of behavior from behind the keyboard who may be in a different country?”
“Being a keyboard warrior does not make you safe from the law. You can be guilty of offenses of incitement, of stirring up racial hatred, there are numerous terrorist offenses regarding the publishing of material,” he responded.
“All of those offenses are in play if people are provoking hatred and violence on the streets, and we will come after those individuals just as we will physically confront on the streets the thugs and the yobs who are taking — who are causing the problems for communities.”
Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley threatens to EXTRADITE and imprison American citizens over online posts.
This isn’t an idle threat for a number of reasons, especially concerning Musk. First, as previously stated, the X impresario and Tesla/SpaceX industry titan has been fairly vocal on his own platform about the way the U.K. is using the riots as a pretext to criminalize certain speech.
Second, social media has been targeted with unusual zeal as a whipping boy in this case, and by politicians who have not shown the slightest inclination to defend personal freedom in the past.
Prime Minister Starmer, a hole in the air filled with vague progressive ideas that make Old Labour voters happy, has shown willingness to use new authoritarian techniques to root them out — specifically, those on social media, and particularly those in charge of it. When it came to the companies, he said that they were allowing “violent disorder” to be “whipped up online.”
Follow that line to its natural progression to Rowley’s threat to extradite those abroad, or arrest them if they set foot on U.K. soil, and you can see why Musk would make a tempting target.
Indeed, even attempting to get an extradition order for any great number of everyday Americans who spoke up about the proximal causes of the rioting and the sheer giddiness of public officials to opportunistically use the occasion for encroachment on freedom of speech and freedom from Big Brother-style governance would be impossible. Getting just one U.S. citizen extradited, though? That’s pretty easy, albeit not quite so easy when it’s one of the world’s richest men. Perhaps the struggle would be so high-profile, however, that it’d be worth the L for British officials; all the better to warn the world what happens when you cross the folks at Ingsoc.
However, to actually do it risks whipping up anti-British sentiment in a nation with a Second Amendment, 400 million guns, and a willingness — as demonstrated during the Revolutionary War — to sneak up on Brits and tear them to shreds on the battlefield as they slept on Christmas Eve. This probably won’t work out as they planned if they hope to get an extradition.
Nevertheless, one needn’t wonder what this means when speaking truth about other politically uncomfortable subjects for the left. It might not lead to any sort of extradition, but it’ll certainly lead to a hassle. This might be the first time you’ve ever heard a British official implicitly threaten Americans with a crime for what they say on American soil. It most certainly won’t be the last.
