London: Crime, On Schedule.

London's protesters have done something no criminal gang ever managed: they published the time and place of the offence in advance, and invited the police.

Defend Our Juries called on more than 400 people to gather outside the United States Embassy in London on Saturday at 1 p.m., holding signs supporting Palestine Action. The group was proscribed under the Terrorism Act in June 2025, which makes expressing support for it a criminal offence — a decision the Court of Appeal upheld in June 2026.

The Metropolitan Police responded on Friday with a warning that reads like a diary entry: anyone attending faces arrest as part of a robust policing operation, and the commander in charge, Adam Slonecki, put it plainly — those intending to come know supporting a proscribed organisation is unlawful, and they are essentially meeting to purposefully commit a crime. Organisers and anyone giving instructions or logistical support should expect enforcement too.

The action comes days before the Supreme Court hears the challenge to the proscription on November 4 and 5. The protesters say the mass defiance will lay bare the free-expression stakes. The Met says it will lay bare the handcuffs.

They scheduled the crime. The Met RSVP'd with handcuffs.

The underlying reporting is filed in the Evidence Locker: Metropolitan Police (Oct. 30, 2026); Defend Our Juries (Oct. 23, 2026).