Anyone seen woman arrested for saying f****t in a private text message?

Yes, well done. Context is so important

But this case isn't about that word, it is to do with the malicious communication that hasn't been made public. Communication which contains it, but it was only mentioned as an aggravating factor. Therefore even without it, she still committed a crime, the homophobia made it worse

Pleaded guilty. It's in the reports

Tbf, there's a video of a 14-15yo autistic girl being dragged out of her house by about 5-6 officers for making a comment online. It was something along the lines of "she's a lesbian like Auntie Jane" but not meant maliciously.

She was cowering in the cupboard under the stairs, clearly overwhelmed, and they drag her out kicking and screaming from what I remember. May have got a few minor details wrong but it was essentially that. An autistic teenager making a non malicious comment and being arrested.

So I can believe this would happen.

The other person in this text exchange needs to grow a backbone.

If he/she, and people of similar weakness, go to the police for every unpleasant word they hear, then no wonder it’s taking days for police to respond to other, actually important calls.

Or are the police and CPS waiting for such cases, low hanging fruit, rubbing their hands together with glee, a statistical success in all the doom & gloom?

Either pleaded guilty or was found guilty.

Racism/ Homophobia aren't illegal. Your free to have your racist/homophobic thoughts and share them with your nearest and dearest who won't feel harassed by them.

Harassment and malicious communication (sending a 'former friend' a 'barrage' of unsolicited text messages - quotes from the Daily Mail article) are illegal whether it involves racism or homophobia or doesn't. They can be aggravating factors though.

Out of interest what racism do you feel should be legal and what racism do you think crosses a line?

She called him a f-t in a text message to another person. It happened and is not being disputed. Now, is it hate speech? Is it illegal? Is it punishable by law?

Because it seems like, if she was just ranting, then it is ok. But if "there was more to the story" then it isn't.

So whether it is ok to call someone a f-t depends totally on a context?

It's all about what actually happened. Not what is being reported, or speculated on

This is another of those "person pleads guilty to crime and is sentenced" stories isn't it?

In other words, this all about the backstory? And if she had just used the word f-t in a text, without the aggravating factors, then it would have been ok in the eyes of the law?

So nope, I am as serious as they come. Trying to get to the bottom of "hate speech".

“She was asking for it”

alive and well in 2025

This is quite old news and only really reported in the tabloids.

It sounds like she was quite abusive to her friend over text.

But, I do agree that these ‘crimes’ are overly focused on relative to rape, burglary etc. I am guessing because they are easy to prove.

You don't have to be ok with it, but it doesn't follow that it should be a crime. Do you think all racism should be a criminal offence?

I haven’t bothered to read the whole thread or to find out if there’s more to the situation but taking everything at face value what a victim blamy comment. Let’s just let people go around assaulting people and anyone who does or says anything back is an idiot 🙄

I'm confused by the IBT article. It says:

The case began when Kinney sent private text messages and photos of her injuries to a woman she blamed for an earlier attack by a male mutual acquaintance.

Is it saying she was blaming the woman?

You think MSM will cover this type of story?

But why should you be involved in the details of a police investigation - especially if this just happened? Using that word to describe someone is unacceptable..it’s literally hateful

A quick google produces a result that says she was charged with an aggravated malicious communication offence and found guilty.

westgatesentinel.com/international/11-uk-cops-storm-home-drag-naked-woman-from-bath-her-crime-one-text-calling-her-attacker-a-slur

Number of officers seems manifestly excessive but we don't know the whole story.

If you don't understand that when someone calls a man a 'f--t' they are not referring to spiced meatballs.

If you can't understand that, then I hope you have a carer at home.

Context is everything. As you well know.

No your not. This is not a serious post.

But just in case you're serious. She wasn't arrested for the insult, that homophobic word was mentioned as an aggravating factor in the malicious communication. It wasn't the reason she was arrested, charged, or plead guilty.

Distorting facts, speculation, and outright bullshit do not help

I don’t think women should be proud of using discriminatory language and it’s ironic you mention women’s rights but believe we should live in a world where men/women should be free to be as sexist and derogatory as they like in the name of tin foil hat free speech.

"distressed young woman" is a quotation from the police, who were asking to speak to people who may have seen a "distressed young woman". The police clearly haven't used child because that makes people think of an eight year old and not a fifteen year old - though I agree, teenager might have been more appropriate. But the police may be trying to mitigate against the adultification of victims and address the widest contingent - if you say you're looking for a teenager and a witness thinks the person they saw was an adult, you may lose that witness. "Young woman" is helpfully vague.

No. The ‘distressed young woman’ line was from the police. The force asked for anyone who spoke to a "distressed young woman" on Saturday, 10 May, to come forward..
That is a quote from the police, not what the paper used. I suspect they used the term ‘young woman’ because if they said girl people will assume they are talking about a young child rather than a teen. Still not ‘gaslighting’.

Who's going to arrest Sainsbury's then? When did that word become offensive in the UK?