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The important part, in my view, is "arrested". We have a police force that feels empowered to arrest people for what they say on Twitter and Facebook. And this
by sevenless 10y ago
The important part, in my view, is "arrested". We have a police force that feels empowered to arrest people for what they say on Twitter and Facebook. And this wasn't the only occasion.
The effect of this kind of thing on what we feel free to say in public shouldn't be ignored.
- DanBC 10y agoThey did not arrest him for what he said on twitter. They arrested him because he confronted a woman in the street to racially harass her. Twitter is just how they found out about it.