Kneecap hits back at terror charge as ‘a carnival of distraction’
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/kneecap-hits-back-terror-charge-carnival-distraction

IRISH rap trio Kneecap hit out today over the charging in Britain of one of the group’s members with a terrorism offence, branding it “political policing” and a “carnival of distraction.”
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, known by his stage name Mo Chara, was charged under anti-terror laws for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag during a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, on November 21.
The 27-year-old is due to appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on June 18.
In a statement, the group said that “14,000 babies are about to die of starvation in Gaza, with food sent by the world sitting on the other side of a wall, and once again the British Establishment is focused on us.
“We deny this ‘offence’ and will vehemently defend ourselves; this is political policing, this is a carnival of distraction.
“We are not the story, genocide is. As they profit from genocide, they use an ‘anti-terror law’ against us for displaying a flag thrown on stage.”
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