\n Ricky Jones, 58, was found not guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court of encouraging violent disorder.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a viral video, Jones, wearing a black polo top, was seen addressing supporters in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on August 7 last year, labelling far-right demonstrators as “disgusting Nazi fascists” and saying:\u00a0“We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The rally was in response to a planned far-right march outside Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jones, a full-time official for the Transport Salaried Staffs\u2019 Association union, was arrested on August 8 last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was suspended by Labour the day after the incident, with a party investigation still understood to be ongoing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Prosecutor Ben Holt described Jones’s speech to the court as “inflammatory, rabble-rousing language”.\n<\/p>\n
\n During the trial, Jones clarified that his comments referred to those allegedly placing National Front stickers with concealed razor blades on trains, not the far-right protesters present at the rally.\n<\/p>\n
\n He expressed his disdain for political violence, asserting he believed in peaceful protest.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jurors deliberated for just more than half-an-hour to acquit Jones, who\u00a0has been a borough councillor in Dartford, Kent, since 2019.\n<\/p>\n
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