Woke police chiefs forced to apologise after ex-cop nicked for criticising pro-Palestinian activist
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WOKE police chiefs had to apologise to an ex-cop who was arrested for a social media comment criticising a pro-Palestinian activist.
Julian Foulkes, 71, was briefly handcuffed after six officers with batons turned up.
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Julian Foulkes arrested for a social media comment criticising a pro-Palestinian activist
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He said: 'Free speech is clearly under attack.'
The police were seen in bodycam footage remarking that some of his literature at his Gillingham home — including a book by Sun columnist Douglas Murray — looked 'very Brexity'.
And they bizarrely raised an alarm over his hairdresser wife's shopping list because it included bleach and foil.
Ex-special constable Julian, who served Kent Police for a decade, had responded to a message backing UK Gaza demos — amid reports of anti-Jewish mobs storming an airport in Russia to confront Israeli citizens after the October 7 2023 Hamas attack.
He wrote: 'One step away from storming Heathrow looking for Jewish arrivals . . . '
He was locked up for eight hours and given a caution.
After a review, Kent Police has said sorry to him for the distress and expunged the caution from his record.
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