https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly290dk226o

No action to be taken over Kneecap's Glastonbury performance

Police who were investigating Kneecap's performance at Glastonbury will not take any further action.

Last month, a criminal investigation was launched by Avon and Somerset Police into performances by the Irish language rap trio at the music festival.

It said it had appointed a senior detective to investigate whether comments made by either act amounted to a criminal offence after reviewing footage.

On Friday, the force said detectives had sought advice from the Crown prosecution Service and chosen not to take any further action on the grounds that there was "insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence".

"Kneecap was informed of that decision earlier today (Friday 18 July)," it added.

"Enquiries continue to be carried out in relation to separate comments made on stage during Bob Vylan's performance."

The force have also been investigating English punk-rap duo Bob Vylan's performance.

by Dodecaheadwrong

20 comments

  1. What passes for common sense these days prevails.

    Sort of.

  2. This is absurd, whatever happed to freedom of speech and expression

  3. Another reminder that it’s not Kneecap’s support for Palestine that the establishment is angry at, it’s their support for brutal terrorists like Hezbollah and their calls to murder MPs

    Edit: given Hezbollah’s role in committing war crimes and massacring Palestinians in Syria as part of Al Assad’s military forces, can only presume that the downvotes are coming from people who don’t actually care very much about Palestine

  4. I’m glad they found the time in between solving all those murders and addressing domestic violence rates to carry out this crucial investigation in the first place.

  6. Fuck all for them to prosecute them with in that performance. Hard luck Kami. Onwards and upwards.

  7. How many man hours and resources have been poured into this performative pearl clutching at this stage I wonder?

  8. So it was all for the papers then? Great, I love the pearl clutching

  9. Thank god, I was worried I would miss the hourly kneecap update

  11. Good, now are they going to take action against Rod Stewart’s performance for crimes against music?

  12. Crazy they even needed to launch and investigation. We’ll see more of this sort of thing for pointing out Israel is committing crimes.

  13. Did the police start an investigation off their own bat, or was the investigation as a result of a complaint made by someone. Are they obligated to investigate every complaint, which in this case the investigation found no further action needed?

  14. Good to hear. Now, will the british government investigate the terrorist support and hate crimes over the 12th and bonfires?

  15. Hops they refund the £50k they got on their GoFundMe….

  17. Of course, there’s no action there shouldn’t be. Makes you wonder if right-wing people had shouted the same, would it have been treated differently?
    I think they would have .

  18. Probably a good idea anyway. It would just add fuel to the fire.

  19. Turned them into a global name with this publicity. Love it.

  20. They’re just some middle class kids doing middle class kid things, no harm done. I’m sure it made for good TikTok and instagram content for five minutes. No point wasting time and energy on it.

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