Posted on 10/14/2017 9:32:50 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Figures obtained by The Times through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that 3,395 people across 29 forces were arrested last under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which makes it illegal to intentionally “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another”, in 2016.
The true figure is likely to be significantly higher, as thirteen police forces refused to provide the requested information and two did not provide usable data.
Around half of the investigations were abandoned before being brought to prosecution, which critics say is an indication that the authorities are being excessively strict in their interpretation of the law’s restrictions on freedom of speech.
Nevertheless, many forces have massively stepped up their focus on so-called trolls, with the number of arrests by West Midlands Police having increased by an astonishing 877 per cent since 2014.
With Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s announcement of a special national police hub focused on online hate last week, it is expected that these numbers will only increase.
Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, said: “the problem is ‘grossly offensive’ is not something you should normally be prosecuted for. It’s not showing harm to other people. It’s not showing that somebody is being … attacked or threatened.”
The seeming inconsistency in the enforcement of free speech restrictions has also been a source of contention, with the Metropolitan Police — who detained 867 people in 2016, according to the Times figures — appearing reluctant to investigate people such as Nadia Chan, the self-described Islamist who was revealed as having made a number of deeply racist remarks about white people on social media after an appearance on public broadcaster Channel 4.
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British?
No Free Speech for you!
Raping and selling British children, or
marking innocents with acid, or multimurders
by Islamic serial killers
... are apparently NOT as offensive
to the British “protect-Islamic terrorist-first” police.
This is exactly why we have the Bill of Rights.
Doesn’t Mum teach “Sticks and stones...” across the pond? Sheesh.
“...illegal to intentionally ‘cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another’” — sounds like the whole neurotic nation needs a safe space.
Under this idiotic principle, every person in the world would be locked up:
Bosses, coworkers, store clerks, school teachers, democrats, antifa, liberals, democrats, BLMs, democrats, liberals, OWS, congressmen, Obama, democrats, anything Clinton, democrats, school principals, other car drivers, democrats, pedestrians looking at phones, people playing loud music, wives, children, Rachel Maddow, democrats...
Did I mention democrats?
Fortunately, husbands didn’t make the list! Whew.
Did they ever manage to run down that Virginia feller who tweeted If this be treason, make the most of it?
Muslims arent making them do this.
You are correct.
>No Islaminoids arrested.<
Why would there be? They weren't the ones these laws were enacted to punish.
This is a leftist surveillance state.
Leftists like to throw people in jail who they disagree with. Period.
Forcing the people to accept the middle eastern death cult by throwing in jail those who object.
Will the players, those admirers of free speech, take a knee then stand for God Save the Queen ....?
Englanistan. Sorry, she’s a goner.
Without free speech and a 2nd amendment, no country survives.
Would have this here if Hillary had won.
Every liberal is a violent totalitarian thug.
Not to mention the muzzy scum who presides over London.
If we can keep it, gentlemen.
Great Britain’s dead, Jim.
I’m watching lots of old British movies so I can remember that England that was, and is no more.
Nothing`s changed in England in 250 years.
They would hang you for free speech and press in 1766.
“The Sons of Liberty assembled at night in the fields...
To such a pass are matters come too, that at Philadelphia
in a Stationers Shop was found wrote in a blank Book
G____ by the C__se of G_d, us_per of G___t B__t__n,
and Dest_r_y of the Faith. Great Enquiries were made,
but unfortunely to no purpose.”
p.347”Montresor`s Journals” 1766. 19 Jan. [Scull]
[”George by the Curse of God, usuper of Great Britain, and Destroyer of the Faith”]
March 1766 “This night the Sons of Liberty assembled and insolently sent Mr. Allecocke [son of a mulatto woman] and Seares, two of their Representatives on board the Garland Ship of War to demand the Lieut of His majesty`s Ship for having said that the Printer of the Thursday`s Gazette, was he in England, would be hanged for the licentiousness of his Paper.” p.353 ibid
Eventually they’ll give em the Lord Haw Haw Treatment.
Is Breitbart still legit? The ads just look sleazy. I know they’ve gone through a lot of changes. I think I’ll look for a 2nd source before I get too excited about this.
Mohammed was gay.
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