‘Billboard Chris’ describes trip to jail in ‘most woke city’ he wasn’t prepared for and how he plans to sue

Famous activist “Billboard Chris” was arrested in Brussels, Belgium, while holding signs voicing his opposition to “gender-affirming care” for children.

Chris Elston, who goes by “Billboard Chris” on social media, has made his position on transgender treatment for children quite clear and travels the world to spread his message. While he says that he largely receives positive feedback on his position, he experienced a lot of negativity and even arrest in Belgium.

“It was pretty much non-stop abuse and harassment,” he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “It quickly became apparent that this is probably the most woke city I have been to in my five years of campaigning, and nothing else comes close.”

“We had a man throw a glass bottle at us. It landed behind me, but right in front of a five-year-old girl who was walking with her dad, smashed on the ground. People were telling me I needed to get out of there because Antifa was going to come, and no matter where we walked in the city, we were getting a lot of grief,” Elston explained.

Police were called after a particularly heated person continued to harass Alliance Defending Freedom International worker McLatchie Miller, who was standing with Elston. The pair was looking for protection from the crowd but was instead told that if they didn’t pack up their signs, they would end up in handcuffs.

“They were then detained, strip-searched and had their signs confiscated, before they were released three hours later with no formal charge, Elston said,” according to Fox News.

“They put us in handcuffs and everything, but they just let us go, and it seems they just wanted to get rid of us instead of dealing with the angry, unruly mob,” the activist revealed.

“I don’t think we were quite prepared to expect this level of hostility here in Brussels, but hopefully it exposes some things that need to be exposed about the need to protect freedom of expression in Europe,” Miller added, stating that the arrest “really represents the free speech crisis that Europe is facing right now.”

“[Vice President JD] Vance pointed this out in his Munich speech just a few months ago, and many people in Europe laughed at him and said that this wasn’t true. But case after case, time after time, we’re seeing this assault on free speech unfold,” she continued.

“As Chris and I were just there sharing a very peaceful message, a very important message, that no child has ever been born in the wrong body, and they do not need drugs and scalpels to fix themselves, they need love and affirmation. It’s an opinion that’s shared by many people across Europe, and yet the authorities came and shut down that conversation in the streets of this capital city, this heart of the European Union,” she said. “If free speech is not accessible here in Europe’s alleged home of democracy, then it’s not accessible anywhere, and it really does raise an alarm bell.”

After the pair was released from jail, they put up a YouTube video explaining what had happened and detailing their plan to pursue legal action:

(Video Credit: Billboard Chris)

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