BELFAST RB BOOKLET 2020 - Flipbook - Page 20
Ci t y of Belf ast Grand Bl ack Chapt er - Dem onst rat i on Bookl et 2020
"THE TRUTH DOES SET YOU FREE"
Last year's Booklet related within various articles of alleged police
harassment in forcefully arresting several Christian street preachers
in divergent places as far apart as London and Edinburgh.
One told of how sixtyThe burly cop then arrested Ilesanmi, and
four year old evangelist could be seen physically pushing him into the
Oluwole Ilesanmi had back seat of the police car.
his Bible confiscated
However, with support from the Christian
after he was publically Concern Group, the case against Ilesanmi was
handcuffed by police outside a north London later dismissed by the courts, whilst awarding
tube station in Enfield, which was captured on him £2,500 damages against the Metropolitan
camera by a local man, with the preacher Police for wrongful arrest, as well as the
tearfully pleading to one of the officers 'not to humiliating and distressing treatment he had
take my Bible away', after he had been unceremoniously received from them.
accused of Islamophobia by a passerby. The
Commenting
afterwards
about
his
elderly preacher protested his innocence humiliation at the hands of London's finest,
openly and honestly to the extent of admitting Oluwole said .. 'I believe God loves
that he had described Islam as an 'aberration' everyone, including Muslims, but I have the
but told the officers that he was simply
right to say that I don’t agree with Islam;
expressing his personal opinion rather than
we are living in a Christian country after all.
preaching hatred against any Muslim.
I was upset when they took away my Bible
The video footage shows Ilesanmi, being
and just threw it into the police car. They
loudly told that he was 'causing problems,
disturbing people’s days and no one wants would never have done that had it been the
Koran; so what ever happened to freedom
to hear that; they want you to go away.'
At that point the aggressive officer can then of speech?'
HOWEVER AS THE GOOD BOOK PROFESSES
be seen snatching the Holy Bible from the
TO ONE AND ALL .. THE TRUTH SHALL SET
preacher's hand and again shouting at him ..
YOU FREE .. AND IN OLUWOLE'S CASE, IT
'you should’ve thought about that before
being a racist.'
CERTAINLY DID!!
BELFAST CITY HALL, 1918
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN - 18 - AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING