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> the police have recorded over 100000 incidents I just think it's worth rebutting, that the police are not combing twitter for anything borderline. These are
by notavalleyman 4y ago
> the police have recorded over 100000 incidents
I just think it's worth rebutting, that the police are not combing twitter for anything borderline.
These are complaints that the public are making to the police. There is a relevant law about malicious comms, so the police are obliged to open a case.
> this new woke era
Give me a break. Members of the public are taxed to provide a police service. If they feel like they're a victim of malicious communications, they're allowed to go to the police. Nothing to do with being "content to police non-crime" or being "woke".
- throwaway0a5e 4y ago>These are complaints that the public are making to the police. There is a relevant law about malicious comms, so the police are obliged to open a case. >Give me a break. Members of the public are taxed to provide a police service. If they feel like they're a victim of malicious communications, they're allowed to go to the police. Nothing to do with being "content to police non-crime" or being "woke". And you act as though that's a good thing? 100k people going through the work of reporting what is likely mostly unfunny boomer memes and thinly veiled trolling is a much stronger indictment of the current state of affairs than 100k instances of bored cops going looking for violations of some broad law from the comfort of their desks.
- notavalleyman 4y agoYou don't know that at all. For all you know, 99% are legitimate targeted harassment or part of a larger course of offending behaviour. It's snap uninformed judgements like yours that are the problem, imo
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoI might not know but it seems like a very fair default assumption given the history of anti-nuisance laws in meatspace.