Ricky Jones: Suspended Labour councillor cleared over call at Walthamstow rally to cut far-right protesters’ throats
A suspended workers’ Assembly member was not found guilty of encouraging violence disorder after asking for the cut of their throats of extreme right protesters.
Ricky Jones, 58, commented on an anti -rally rally after rebelling against Southport murders.
Jones described extreme right -wing activists as “disgusting Nazi fascists, and heard a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
He said that his interpretation did not refer to the extreme right protesters who participated in the uprisings at the time, but referred to those who reported national fronts on a train with a razor knives hidden behind them.
Jones, who has been a member of the district council in Dartford since 2019, was suspended by the Labor Party on the day after the incident.
It is understood that the internal investigation of its behavior will not be respected as a workers’ council, and that it is still removed from the party.
On August 7, 2024, a video of Jones’s crowd in East London Walthamstow became viral on social media after the protest.
Waltham was organized in response to a far -right walking plans outside the Forest Migration Office.
Wearing a black polo and surrounded by cheering supporters, the Assembly member said that he was “women and children” using trains.
“They don’t give *** about who they hurt,” he said.
“Nazi fascists are disgusting. We must cut all their throats and get rid of them all.”
He also pulled his finger to his throat while talking to the crowd.
The jury members met a little more than half an hour and found that Jones was not guilty on Friday.
At that time, the 58 -year -old child, who was employed as a full -time official for the Association of Transport Salaied Personnels Association (TSSA), was arrested on August 8, 2024 and interviewed the Brixton Police Station that night.
Prosecutor Ben Holt told Jones, who had previously been a father of four, an inflammatory, Rabble Rousing language on the throne of a crowd defined as Tinderbox ”.
He said that the jury members Jones’ speech was strengthened with a microphone and speakers, and that çalıştır in an environment where violence can be easily expected ”.
Jones told the court that he was “horrified ü from political violence:“ It is always a peaceful way to realize who people are and what you are. ”
Jones said he was on the left of the Labor Party, and the uprisings made him feel “sad” and “angry”.
He said that although the Labor Party was warned by the Worker to stay away from such demonstrations, he felt that participation in the opposite protests was a “duty ..
When he was suspended, a spokesman for a worker: “This behavior will not be completely unacceptable and tolerant. The Assembly member was suspended from the party.”
