UK Cop Tells Gospel Singer She’s ‘Not Allowed to Sing Church Songs’ on the Street
by Kurt Zindulka
A Christian gospel singer was told by a volunteer police officer that she was forbidden from singing “church songs” on the streets of Britain in the latest example of apparently legally ilitterate anti-Christian bias from UK police.
Harmonie London, a gospel singer who often performs Christian music on the streets of London, shared footage over the weekend of a female volunteer police officer trying to shut down her performance.
In the video, the officer told London: “No, miss, you’re not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds,” and wrongly asserted that she could only sing “outside of church grounds unless you have been authorised by the Church to do these kind of songs”.
“That’s a load of rubbish, you’re allowed,” Ms London replied, appealing to the Human Rights Act, which protects freedom of religion in the UK. The officer, apparently stumped by this walked away in frustration while sticking her tongue out at the camera.
There are currently no laws preventing people from singing on the streets in the UK and the Daily Mail noted that the area in which Ms London was performing was specifically regulated by the local council as a zone for busking and street entertainment.
According to the paper, the volunteer officer involved in the dispute was Maya Hadzhipetkova, a Bulgarian who relocated to Cyprus in 2009 for five years before coming to the UK.