Arrested for Same Crime, Treated Differently: My Story #shorts

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]You're [music] safe for now if you're on board with their political views and their Ricky Jones is a perfect example of that. [music] So, the guy that I don't know if you know about Ricky Jones, the guy about the same time as me when all the riots and that were happening, he was in the street.

[00:00:16]He was a Labour counselor, so he's he had a, you know, a much more influential position than I did. He was a Labour counselor.

[00:00:24]Um, and [music] he was I can't remember the exact words. He was in the street with a board and a microphone >> [music] >> inciting violence and basic advocated to slit people's throats. That's what he was doing. He was also arrested [music] around the same time as me.

[00:00:39]His he managed to get bail, funnily enough.

[00:00:43]So, he they didn't they did remand him initially, but then they bailed him.

[00:00:46][music] They wouldn't they would not entertain him and bailing me at all.

[00:00:51]Um, so he was obviously able to get out and then [music] seek really good legal advice and and, you know, look at his options. I wasn't able to do that.

[00:01:00]We were arrested for similar things, but treated very, very differently.

[00:01:05]Now, why was that?