U.Okay. police have ended their felony investigation into Bob Vylan over feedback the punk duo made on stage concerning the Israeli army.
“We’ve got concluded, after reviewing all of the proof, that it doesn’t meet the felony threshold outlined by the [Crown Prosecution Service] for any particular person to be prosecuted,” the Avon and Somerset Police mentioned in an announcement. “No additional motion will probably be taken on the idea there’s 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 “Demise, 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 individuals communicate, sadly,” he later instructed the gang, whereas an on-stage backdrop learn messages akin to “United Nations have known as it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘battle.’” Bobby’s feedback led to quick criticism from Glastonbury organizers, the BBC, and British prime minster Keir Starmer. The duo have been additionally dropped by United Expertise Company and had their U.S. visas revoked.
Longtime supporters of the Free Palestine motion, Bob Vylan have ceaselessly criticized Israel’s assault on Gaza and the West Financial institution. The duo later defended their actions at Glastonbury in an announcement, writing, “We aren’t for the dying of Jews, Arabs or some other race or group of individuals. We’re for the dismantling of a violent army machine. A machine whose personal troopers have been instructed to make use of ‘pointless deadly power’ towards harmless civilians ready for help. A machine that has destroyed a lot of Gaza.”
In July, U.Okay. police introduced it was dropping an investigation of Irish rap trio Kneecap following comparable feedback they made at Glastonbury.
