Man Arrested on Suspicion of Encouraging Murder at Counter-Demonstration

Police have arrested a man in his 50s on suspicion of encouraging murder in comments made at a London counter-protest on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest on social media platform X, reposting a video shared online showing Ricky Jones, a suspended Labour councillor from Dartford in Kent, allegedly calling for protesters’ throats to be “cut.” The Met said, “Officers have arrested a man aged in his 50s at an address in South East London.” “He was held on suspicion of encouraging murder and for an offence under the Public Order Act. He is in custody at a south London police station,” the statement continued....