U.Okay. police have ended their legal investigation into Bob Vylan over comments the punk duo made on stage concerning the Israeli navy.
“We now have concluded, after reviewing all of the proof, that it doesn’t meet the legal threshold outlined by the [Crown Prosecution Service] for any particular person to be prosecuted,” the Avon and Somerset Police mentioned in a press release. “No additional motion might be taken on the idea there may be inadequate proof for there to be a practical prospect of conviction.”
In June, Bob Vylan’s frontman, who goes by Bobby Vylan, led followers at Glastonbury in a chant of “Dying, dying to the IDF.” “Typically we now have to get our message throughout with violence as a result of that’s the one language some folks communicate, sadly,” he later advised the group, whereas an on-stage backdrop learn messages resembling “United Nations have known as it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘battle.’” Bobby’s feedback led to rapid criticism from Glastonbury organizers, the BBC, and British prime minster Keir Starmer. The duo had been additionally dropped by United Expertise Company and had their U.S. visas revoked.
Longtime supporters of the Free Palestine motion, Bob Vylan have regularly criticized Israel’s assault on Gaza and the West Financial institution. The duo later defended their actions at Glastonbury in a statement, writing, “We’re not for the dying of Jews, Arabs or some other race or group of individuals. We’re for the dismantling of a violent navy machine. A machine whose personal troopers had been advised to make use of ‘pointless deadly power’ towards harmless civilians ready for support. A machine that has destroyed a lot of Gaza.”
In July, U.Okay. police announced it was dropping an investigation of Irish rap trio Kneecap following related feedback they made at Glastonbury.
