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Subject: Re: [OT] 71 year old Brit arrested for tweet taken out of context
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 17:40:35 -0400
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On 5/13/2025 4:08 PM, Rhino wrote:
> It took SIX police officers armed with pepper spray and batons to arrest 
> a 71 year old Brit - who was a retired constable himself - after he 
> wrote a tweet that was taken out of context. He then spent 8 hours at 
> the police station being interrogated.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a44S7nnT5oo [14 minutes]
> 
> The comments tell us that it is almost impossible to get a police 
> response to a burglary, mugging, or anything else that we might call a 
> real crime but say something that *might* offend someone, then they can 
> send out a large contingent of officers.
> 
> It's no wonder that some large policing districts literally haven't 
> solved a burglary or car theft - not a single one - in years. They're 
> all too busy policing speech.

I watched enough to hear that the guy (mistakenly) sent a tweet that 
said "Round up the Jews".  Before leaping on officers for responding, 
ask yourself whether these same commentators -- if the guy HAD gone on 
some murderous anti-semitic rampage -- would now be brandishing the 
tweet as evidence of feckless police inaction.