quotingOfficers would ‘no longer be policing perfectly legal tweets,’ the UK Home Secretary said.
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If you needed one sentence to sum up the madness of UK politics and policing, this is it.
In 2023 alone they made 12,183 arrests for online 'communications offences'. Around 33 a day with fewer than 10% resulting in a sentence.
Meanwhile detection rates for real crime collapsed. Police made over 65,000 arrests since 2017 for 'offensive or menacing' messages sent via phone, email and social media, while real crime went unsolved.
It's a relief they're finally admitting it was a waste but why was this allowed to continue for so long?
The irony is that it’s this that feels criminal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80m7xyl0xgo
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