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Tommy Robinson sprayed by police during arrest at march against antisemitism (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Emperor to c/unitedkingdom

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English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson was pepper-sprayed by police as they arrested him at an antisemitism march in London.

Mr Robinson, 40, was detained by dozens of officers near the Royal Courts of Justice, from where the demonstration began on Sunday, after march organisers said he would not be welcome.

Mr Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who was still in police custody on Sunday evening, uploaded a video on social media of his partially closed eyes after officers used the synthetic pepper spray.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “The arrested man resisted as officers attempted to put him in handcuffs. He was warned repeatedly before PAVA spray was used.

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let’s use his proper name- Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon

[–] echodot 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do enjoy how he must have spent time trying to come up with the most chav name possible, his supporters would probably react negatively to his real name which makes him sound like a trust fund kid.

[–] FatLegTed 2 points 1 year ago

It was possibly a toss(er) up with Charlie, Billy, Ronnie, or Terry.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine he workshopped it quite extensively and ran some sentiment analysis

[–] echodot 5 points 1 year ago

Analysis indicates that "Thomas" sounds too intellectual, you need a name that makes it sound like you're getting into fights at the pub every night.