Devout Catholic mother and vicar's wife who has been praised by JK Rowling 'is arrested by police at her home and has her electronic devices seized over series of 'malicious' posts uploaded to chat forum KiwiFarms'

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[–]tiny-brown-mug 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What concerns me is that the police show up over an internet post. She didn't threaten to physically hurt anyone, didn't key anyone's car, didn't assault someone at a gay pride parade. She just typed her opinions into a website, and the police show up like she's a domestic terrorist. I don't get that.

You can't have an opinion on public social media anymore. Have the wrong opinion, and the police show up. Thought crimes.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Not even a post, a discussion between people on a forum.

It's like being arrested for saying some rude things to your friend in a noisy pub.

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It's getting worse by the day. Policing of language instead of actually going after violent criminals. Last weekend I walked past a police officer in a park who then tried to pick a fight with me to impress his blonde female colleague, for my horrific crime of walking and enjoying my day in peace.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Funnily enough that particular force has an issue with investigating paedos but can arrest a women over someone else's internet chats.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-49350013

[–]Newzok 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you have any possibility of creating change you're taken out of the equation. Assange is no. 1 example but sets the precedent for more minor shit. Not to forget, they literally killed strikers back in Thatcher's days. Apparently its not taught in schools anymore.