Scottish YouTube personality Count Dankula — real name Mark Meechan — was found guilty at Glasgow Sherrif Court Tuesday of a hate crime, and potentially faces two months in prison after recording a video of his girlfriend’s dog doing Nazi salutes.
Reporting from inside the courtroom, journalist and street organiser Tommy Robinson said Meechan had been found guilty of being “Grossly Offensive” under the Communications Act of 2003. Meechan was due to be sentenced Tuesday afternoon but the judge decided to release him on bail, to return to court on the 23rd of April.
The case is over a 2016 YouTube video made by Meechan and published on his comedy Count Dankula page of his girlfriend’s dog Buddha raising its paw in return for a treat, having been trained to respond to phrases.
Buddha’s owner Suzanne Kelly had previously said “He (Buddha) will lift his paw to virtually anything if he gets a treat for it. We have taught him to lift his paw to food, like ham or cheese,” and that her boyfriend had “never expressed anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic” views and has “always been very supportive towards minority groups”, reported Herald Scotland before the trial.
Speaking outside the court Tuesday morning, Meechan said: “It’s been two years of my life completely put on hold, I’ve not been able to get a job, there have been threats against my life… threats off Antifa, far left radicals.”
“They’ve tried to portray me as a racist and a Nazi, apparently context doesn’t matter anymore.
I think arresting him is pretty stupid, but it's also really bad taste to make a video of you repeatedly saying "gas the jews" to a dog and put it on youtube.
Colton Collins
OY VEY FINALLY A VICTORY FOR GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE! WITH THIS EVIL NAZI WHO TEACHES DOGS TO RAISE ITS PAW PUT IN JAIL MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WAS GASSED 37 TIMES IN 15 DIFFERENT DEATH CAMPS AND MADE INTO 62 LAMPSHADES CAN REST EASY!
Connor Cooper
trinity trips of great satirical humor
Cooper Carter
I hope you get gassed kike
Mason Hill
The video was just some guy making a stupid video with his dog that from what I can see watching it was just trying to get people to laugh.
2+ years of this guy's life are ruined cause people let their feeling get hurt.
Hunter Sanchez
pick one
But seriously, no one got their feelings hurt. Some Jewish organization ran to the government diversity officer to get them to silence the "hate speech" is all. Literally no one felt threatened by that little pug dancing around and saluting
Jason Rogers
He should run to the states and seek asylum
Parker Gomez
WHY ISNT THE DOG ALSO GETTING A JAIL SENTENCE?!?!?!
Josiah Morales
The dog isn't white enough
Lincoln Long
I don't even think this is technically a proper sentence. Can anyone explain to me what this means?
Parker Jackson
It would be expensive, and he'd inevitably lose, tbh. To get political asylum, you have to be being persecuted for legitimate political beliefs. He'll lose on two counts. First, he's already admitted it was a joke, not a deeply held political belief. Second, no one is going to accept Nazism as a legitimate political belief in need of protection. I have heard some people have gone to the States to avoid being thrown in jail for violating speech codes, but I'm pretty sure no charges were filed, let alone extradition requested
Leftypol is run by a commie kike mod. Place is a total shithole.
Samuel King
I don't care if he said "Kill all niggers, jews, shitskins, muslims, spics, and other non-whites!" Thoughtcrime and Hate Speech is absurdism. I can't wait to see the police in The UK get their heads cut off by muzzies while they scream "BUT WE ARE TOLERANT! TOLERAAAAANNNNNNT!"
Eli Rodriguez
I still don't get how they won with the "grossly offensive" angle instead of the animal cruelty one
Jordan Hill
fuck off. we're full.
William Harris
'fraid not. Your rights end as soon as you question the 6 gorillion. In occupied Germany, courts don't permit you to submit any evidence that contradicts the wild stories extracted by torture at Nuremberg. The truth is no defense when you are charged with heresy.
Chase Reed
Keek amerimutts are this sensitive over "muh free speech".
Noah Bell
Its a product that came after WW2, doesn't really have a place in modern times with the internet around.
Christopher White
i thought it was funny as hell reminded me of this
You know, where is Anonymous when we need them in the fight against globalism? Why don't they fuck up some of George Soros' shit? Why don't empty the bank accounts of all the corrupt leaders of the EU?
Jason Morris
One of my all time favorites, although it is sad that it becomes more real everyday.
