Kneecap call terror trial a "distraction" as supporters accuse government of hypocrisy

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Watch all the action from speakers and performers as Kneecap made their second appearance at Westminster Magiestrates Court

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00:00Keep talking about Palestine, keep calling it a genocide, and that's the real story, and this is just another distraction.

00:30We all know the reality, this was never about the charge, it's about what kneecaps stand for.

00:46I've known them for a while now, and not once was any of their political views considered criminal.

00:51They were allowed to speak, until they spoke in America and the hammer came down.

00:55It was terrifying to see, for such a complete net to fall over them, for the witch hunt to be so absolute.

01:02First of all, thank you all for showing up for your solidarity.

01:05I know it's not something we should have to say to each other, you know, to stand up against such injustice.

01:11But those of you that take the risk to do that, to speak out against such injustice, the silencing, the suppression of our voices,

01:19this is all part of that state repression mechanism designed to further fuel this colonialist oppression that we've seen worldwide.

01:27Just as the bombing of hospitals is not an accident, but a deliberate strategy, so too are those attacks on freedom of speech. Deliberate.

01:36Putting Mokar in a courtroom is not about justice, it is about fear, it is about intimidation, it is about shutting us up, and good luck to them.

01:46The British state has no business lecturing anyone about violence. They have no business lecturing anyone about racism.

01:53They have no business lecturing anyone on how to resist colonialism. They are one of the most violently racist colonial empires in human history.

02:01They should sit down and shut up.

02:04Obviously, it's great to see the support out here. We know that the story is more than just about me.

02:09It's more than kneecap, it's a story with Palestine, and us is a distraction from the real story.

02:15We know, unfortunately, this story will end up in the media today, while Israel commits genocide at the same time.

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