{"id":110571,"date":"2024-08-08T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/labour-councillor-ricky-jones-arrested-after-allegedly-telling-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:46:07","slug":"labour-councillor-ricky-jones-arrested-after-allegedly-telling-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/labour-councillor-ricky-jones-arrested-after-allegedly-telling-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour councillor Ricky Jones arrested after allegedly telling protest &#8216;fascists need to have throats cut&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/07\/1920x1080\/skynews-breaking-sky-news_6597481.jpg?20240705014126&amp;fit=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Labour councillor Ricky Jones arrested after allegedly telling protest &#8216;fascists need to have throats cut&#8217;\" title=\"Labour councillor Ricky Jones arrested after allegedly telling protest &#8216;fascists need to have throats cut&#8217;\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A suspended Labour councillor has been arrested after allegedly telling a protest that fascists needed to have their throats cut.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest in a tweet which included the original video of Ricky Jones, a local councillor in Dartford in Kent, appearing to make the comments.<\/p>\n<p>The force said: &#8220;Officers have arrested a man aged in his 50s at an address in south-east London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Labour earlier confirmed Jones <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/kent-labour-councillor-ricky-jones-suspended-after-telling-walthamstow-protest-fascists-need-to-have-throats-cut-13193298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had been suspended<\/a><\/strong> by the party in relation to the video.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. 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