East London church minister Dr Sally Mann risking prison time to support Palestine Action
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Dr Sally Mann is usually found in the Eastern London Church, where his family worships for five generations.
However, on Saturday, the striking images of the Baptistern Minister appeared. He was deported by police officers and standing alone, the images shared on social media show the moment he was arrested on a pro -Palestine march in Parliament Square.
He wore a black shirt and white collar, shakes his head and quietly accepts his arrest before being accompanied, surrounded by the sea of uniforms.
He has been banned by the Metropolitan police at the biggest meeting of the Palestinian action since he was banned as a terrorist group last month.
55 -year -old, younger than the average age of the detainees, half of the age of 60 years and more. While talking Independent On Monday, he said he was ready to accept imprisonment for his actions.
“I am aware that if I were successfully convicted, there would be echoes in my life, but I felt completely peaceful with both my actions and my decision,” he said. “The right side of history. Even if I know that I will go to jail for this, I will do this.”
Although he did not participate in the previous Palestinian action protests, he said he had protested on Saturday because of his belief. “I believe that Jesus actually meant what he said, and he modeled resistance against oppressive power,” he continued. “As a minister, I see more than an activist, but I always had to try to create a community built on peace production with my faith.”
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After reading the protest briefing from the defect of our juries that organized the show, Dr Mann said he was sure that he would be a part of the protest that he would feel “stable”.
“I got up early on Saturday and went to St James’ Park because I wanted to be very calm,” he said. Independent. “I sat quietly and prayed. Then I went to Parliament Square.”
Dr. Mann, during the main protest, said that although the people around him were arrested. However, after the planned end, he continued to hold his poster: orum I oppose the genocide, I support the Palestinian action ”. He said he was arrested in ten minutes.
“I thought it would be better for them if they were arrested and more arrested, including some of them, including some of them very old and vulnerable,” he explained. “That’s why I just decided to stand with my sign.
The arrest was caught in the video – since at least one dozen officers were accompanied by the officer, a strong image of his head has accumulated thousands of likes on social media. “The figures that emerged to arrest me are extraordinary,” he said. “I think there was a dozen officer who arrested me, and if they actually wanted me to walk in the minibus, I would go on my own. I was ready to be arrested.”
He told me Independent For two protesters, six police officers and a minibus were placed in a minibus and set up. “He was actually very peaceful,” he said. “It was a very low risk for me. I had moral certainty and legal uncertainty about what would happen to me, but I have been prepared if a custody penalty came. I think it seems less likely.”
However, his arrest, along with the old protesters, said that prohibiting Palestinian action as a terrorist group showed their “nonsense”. “I can tell Cooper to Yette, who you think who is protected by banning me as a terrorist? ”
There was also a 74 -year -old NHS Doctor Paul O’Brien within the scope of the terrorist legislation. He said that the Palestinian case was “incredibly important for him, but that the risk of arrest made him think more than the previous protests.
“I thought that Ariking was really wrong, and in the majority of labor deputies and Tories was very disappointed for supporting it,” he said. “But it made me think more about going out.”
He was also detained later on the day and described his experience as “strange .. “We looked at all these people and the most possible terrorists arrested within the scope of the terrorist legislation,” he said. “Half of them can’t hardly walk. It was quite funny. Even for a terrorist crime, we automatically bail, they know it was very strange.”
The Minister added that he thought that the protest would be a “unforgettable” day for many of them. “After a terrorist was arrested for a crime, it is something extraordinary in your life,” he continued. “What happened on Saturday is history, I think it will grow.”
In a statement published on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police Spokesman said that the majority of the arrests were “to exhibit an element (in this case) to the 13th episode of the Law of Terrorism 2000 (in this case).
“During the coming days and weeks, civil servants from the MET’s counter -terrorism command will try to bring together the case files to guarantee the accusations against those arrested as part of this operation,” he added.
