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Have you read @FemmeLoves speech about PSNI and He Who Shall Not Be Named?

163 replies

ditalini · 22/10/2021 17:15

Powerful, powerful stuff.

More power to you Ceri.

ceriblack.substack.com/p/full-text-of-my-speech-to-the-belfast

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SirSamuelVimes · 22/10/2021 17:18

My god that's amazing.

PickAChew · 22/10/2021 17:21

Yes, just come here after reading it. I'm looking forward to the outcomes of those FOI requests.

Tesla73 · 22/10/2021 17:23

Just read it - amazing women - hopefully man at bus stop is feeling a little nervous now

MrsOvertonsWindow · 22/10/2021 17:24

Brilliant speech. And well done for calling out how threats are used to intimidate women and how the Stonewall captured police are completely compromised.

FlibbertyGiblets · 22/10/2021 17:27

Properly brave, I welled up a bit, ngl.

WarriorN · 22/10/2021 17:28

It's an amazing speech! Bravo 🙌 !

So brave, I'm in awe!

PronounssheRa · 22/10/2021 17:28

Wow, she's pretty amazing 👏

WarriorN · 22/10/2021 17:30

She was also on the mess we're in and described more around the whole thing including the fact her two sons fully support her.

exLtEveDallas · 22/10/2021 17:30

Bloody hell that’s brilliant. Thank you Ceri, you are bloody impressive!

ForeverFaithless · 22/10/2021 17:32

Completely agree, she is totally bloody amazing and I'm in awe of her fierce strength.

ArabellaScott · 22/10/2021 17:32

It's absolutely fucking spot on. A phenomenal speech. Ceri, you are incredible.

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catzwhiskas · 22/10/2021 17:33

Fantastic speech. Brave woman stadia up to the bullies .we are behind you.

RicherThanYew · 22/10/2021 17:33

She's a legend.

catzwhiskas · 22/10/2021 17:34

Stands up. Grr

GrandmaMazur · 22/10/2021 17:35

What a fantastic speech. I’m looking forward to reading the responses to those FOI requests.

ArabellaScott · 22/10/2021 17:35

This is the situation that floors me:

I thought that the police would protect every day working families like mine, talking on topics like these. So when I faced a wall of death threats, rape threats, threats of sectarian violence, violent pornographic photographs and videos, homophobic abuse, and calls to “go back where you came from,” on my twitter account, I reported them to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. They took no action.

But one phone call from a man who has a history of using the police service as his own personal enforcement arm against women he disagrees with, and the PSNI have threatened me with arrest if I don’t attend voluntarily to be interviewed under caution.

Women are treated as fucking disposable. Women threatened: police shrug. Man summons police at the click of his virtual fingers: instant response. Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.

ArabellaScott · 22/10/2021 17:36

I don't think the police could make it any fucking clearer what they think about women and girls.

ArabellaScott · 22/10/2021 17:37

I mean, Jesus. These are not isolated incidents, are they? It's like there's a concerted campaign.

HoardingSamphireSaurus · 22/10/2021 17:38

So... I need a time machine. I can't wait to see what response she gets.

Fucking A... as my students used to say!

1Week · 22/10/2021 17:38

That's some woman

Fleek · 22/10/2021 17:39

I've just gone down a rabbit hole reading her other blogs. What an amazing woman. I'm a bit starstruck to be honest.

WinterTrees · 22/10/2021 17:40

So powerful. Brava Ceri.

I noticed earlier on Twitter that Jeremy Vine had replied to her tweet about being asked to report for interview that he 'would like to hear the background on this'. He must be aware of the Nolan podcast and the way the wind direction is changing, so I wonder if this is the moment that he decides to drop his faux-naivety and compassion for the most marginalised and vulnerable in society ever. 🙄

(Somehow I can't see it happening.)

Lifeinthelastlane · 22/10/2021 17:41

So well said

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 22/10/2021 17:42

Blooming heck, what a fabulous speech.

I thought this was a rather interesting question:
Questions like, “When I reported death and rape threats to you, you told me to withdraw from the debate and stop tweeting, so did you offer the same advice to the man who complained against me?”

Btw who is the complainant?

HoardingSamphireSaurus · 22/10/2021 17:45

The man who doesn't like ribbon. She said she had been told that by the police.