Posted on 05/01/2010 5:46:12 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A pensioner who put up a red, white and blue election poster telling voters to kick out MPs was accused of racism by police.
After being inundated by canvassing politcians, Roy Newman, 74, decided to tell other voters: ‘GET THE LOT OUT.’
But 90 minutes after he put up the homemade sign up in an upstairs room at his house, two police officers arrived and threatened with arrest.
They said the Union Jack-coloured lettering on a white background could be considered 'racist'.
He was told there had been a single complaint and he was ordered to remove it or change it otherwise he would end up in court .
But the former Tory councillor, from North Anston, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, said police had misunderstood his message.
He said : ‘My sign is up there because the MPs and council leadership we have in place at the moment are a load of rubbish and I want them out, nothing more.
‘The police told me that due to the fact that the words were written in red and blue and the background was white, my sign had racist connotations.
‘What a load or rubbish - it certainly wasn't my intention to come across as racist. I'm not racist.’
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Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Ingsoc.
In Derry, Northern Ireland, all of the curbs (kerbs) are painted red white and blue in the Protestant neighborhoods, lest a Catholic forget where he is......
If he was a mooslim he could leave his poster in the window AND deface a war memorial with no repercussions.
I’ve seen a shared roundabout where one would sneak out and paint it red/white/blue....and the next night.........
Ungland...
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