Six members of the radical group Palestine Action stormed a factory in the UK back in August 2024, armed with sledgehammers and a burning sense of righteous fury, and proceeded to cause $1.5 million in damage while fracturing Sergeant Kate Evans' lumbar spine. On June 12, 2026, they finally got sentenced — a combined 22 years in prison — and their cheerleaders are absolutely losing it.
The horror. Not the broken spine, mind you. The jail time.
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski called the sentences "gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel." Direct action. That's what we're calling sledgehammer attacks that leave cops with shattered vertebrae now. Somebody update the dictionary.
Polanski wasn't done, either. He whined that these brave warriors are facing "years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it." Here's the thing, Zack — the judge found a "terrorist connection" to their offenses. When you raid a factory with sledgehammers, destroy a million and a half dollars worth of property, and break a police officer's back, the word "terrorism" starts fitting pretty snugly.
The ringleader — a 23-year-old — got 8 years and 8 months. That's what happens when your idea of "peaceful protest" involves spinal injuries.
But the real cherry on top came from the mother of one of the convicted activists, who declared that "with the help of Allah victory will be ours." Victory. Her kid just got sent to prison for crippling a cop, and she's talking about victory. These people live in a completely different reality.
Let's be clear about what Palestine Action actually is. This isn't some grassroots student movement holding signs and chanting. These are organized radicals who target facilities with physical violence, cause massive property destruction, and apparently don't mind if a few police officers end up in the hospital with broken backs along the way. And the left treats them like political prisoners.
The reaction from the activist class has been predictably deranged. Breaking a woman's spine during your little rampage? Cost of doing business. Being held accountable for it in a court of law? Now THAT'S the real injustice.
We've watched this playbook for years now. Commit violence, call it protest. Face consequences, call it oppression. Rinse and repeat. The only "gut wrenching" thing here is that Sergeant Kate Evans has to live with a fractured spine because six radicals decided their cause was more important than her body.
Twenty-two years split six ways. Frankly, it's a bargain.
