by Lee Williams John Richelieu-Booth, a 50-year-old self-employed IT contractor from England, was arrested by British police after returning home from a vacation in Florida for posing awkwardly while holding a Remington 870 shotgun in the Sunshine State. Richelieu-Booth told the British newspaper The Telegraph that he was completely shocked by the “Orwellian” decision made
  • ArcaneGadget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s honestly horrifying, how much of a rabid surveillance and police state the UK has become in later years. And baffling how relatively quietly it has happened…