...where is null from, originally?
I'm just going to copy-paste my
rdrama post, because I think it's of interest to people here as well.
I saw this on twittah (
cheeky archive) and my first thought was: lol Brits. They're so absurdly scared of guns even in other countries. Hopefully one day they'll figure out that they don't have free speech
But then I r
ead the Telegraph article (
archive) and found out that, even this guy after months of harassment, arrest, and confiscation of his means of work (he's an IT guy and they confiscated all his electronics), is still on the fence about the goverment policiing speech. (surprise, it's the classic situation of "whatever I say/want to say should be legal, but not the stuff I don't like being said"). Reading the article gave me whiplash from how fast I went from on his side to hating this retarded cattle britoid.
It starts off as the most British speech story imaginable. Innocuous social media post turned into police witch hunt (no, you may not know what we're investigating you for; everything you say or don't say will be used against you, stalker child)
An IT consultant was arrested by police in Britain after he posted a picture online of himself posing with a gun in the US.
Jon Richelieu-Booth said he was shocked by the "Orwellian" decision by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) to prosecute him over the social media post.
The 50-year-old said that on Aug 13 he had posted a picture of himself on LinkedIn holding a shotgun while on a private homestead with friends during a holiday in Florida.
Mr Richelieu-Booth claims the LinkedIn message contained nothing he considered threatening, with the picture attached to a lengthy post about his day and work activities.
However, he said that a police officer later visited his home to warn him that concerns had been raised about the post.
"I was told to be careful what I say online and I need to understand how it makes people feel," he said.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said he offered to provide officers with proof that the picture of the firearm had been taken while he was in the US but the officers said that was not necessary.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said two officers then returned to his home shortly after 10pm on Aug 24 and arrested him.
Yes, we will continue to a-log you for months even though we're going to drop our bullshit charges, because they're even bullshit by Bongland standards. This is obviously more important than finding and prosecuting actual criminals who harm people. Remember to never even get close to the line, or you will be pulling the trigger.
A bail document seen by The Telegraph refers to an allegation of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a further allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media.
He said he was held overnight in a cell before being interviewed.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said he was initially released on bail until late October.
He alleges that police officers then visited his property on three further occasions before he was re-arrested in October for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. However, that charge was later dropped.
Public order offence
The firearms and stalking allegations were also dropped but Mr Richelieu-Booth was charged with a public order offence relating to a different social media post.
He claims not to know which post he was being charged in relation to and does not recall being questioned by police about any specific post made on that date.
He had been due to appear at Bradford magistrates' court on Nov 25 charged with an offence of displaying "any writing/sign/visible representation with intent to cause harassment/alarm or distress". However, that charge was also later dropped, he said.
But this this literal bug person, when talking to reporters has to do the whole throat clearing and say, yes well this is a huge over step of police authority and is misconduct. BUT WE STILL CAN'T BE HAVING ANY HATE SPEECH, M8.
Mr Richelieu-Booth claimed he has been left unable to do his job as a self-employed IT contractor because the force seized his phone and computers.
Describing his ordeal as "massive overreach", Mr Richelieu-Booth added: "Anybody should be allowed to say anything they wish, as long as it's not hateful.
Lesson about arbitrary policing of speech not learned award. Try again next time you get arrested and have the means of your work consociated for social media posts that trigger your local busybody copper who enjoys harassing people.
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Also they're defending the police on /r/unitedkingdom on the basis of the cops obviously don't just get off their chairs for nuffin'
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