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Thread to keep track of people questioned by police for thought crime

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RoyalCorgi · 29/01/2022 17:24

I thought it would be useful if we recorded everyone who'd been questioned by the police for thinking the wrong things or expressing the wrong opinions in the same place so we had something we could refer back to. I'll start with:

Nicola Murray, questioned by police for saying Brodie's Trust would no longer refer women to Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre.

Jen Swayne, for posting feminist stickers in Newport and owning an academic book by Heather Brunskell-Evans.

A woman (possibly several women) for writing a letter expressing safeguarding concerns to Girlguiding.

Ceri Black for writing a thread about child safeguarding on Twitter.

Marion Millar for tweeting a picture of a suffragette ribbon.

Harry Miller for tweeting a slightly rude poem.

Kate Scottow for being a bit rude towards Steph Hayden on Twitter.

Graham Linehan, also, I think, for being rude to Hayden.

Do add more - I'm sure there are others I've forgotten.

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JustWaking · 30/01/2022 07:21

It does seem so unbalanced: police questioning women over perfectly legal opinions, whilst TRAs make threats with impunity.

It's a huge tactic by TRAs to complain to the police, employers, anyone, try to silence dissent. I'm sure this is a naive question, but are we complaining to the police about the TRA tweets and posters which we find offensive and threatening? Are we making the complaints and being ignored? Or are we falling into the trap that it's so obviously offensive that the police should pick it up proactively. Unfortunately, the police seem to be driven by complaints, not actual crime prevention. Should we start making more police complaints ourselves?

NancyDrawed · 29/01/2022 20:46

Kellie-Jay Keen (Posie Parker)

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 29/01/2022 20:46

Hasn't Spero (Sarah Phillimore and maybe her dog) been questioned/denounced?

eleanorwish · 29/01/2022 20:35

I follow Margaret on Twitter.

Innocent drinks were pressured to unfollow her because of her thought crimes!

UncleTonyinahotpinkbrandbeanie · 29/01/2022 19:27

Kate Scottow
Bronwen Dickenson
Caroline Farrow

RoyalCorgi · 29/01/2022 18:52

[quote Leafstamp]Good idea for a thread.

I presume all of the case studies on the Fair Cop website (some of who already mentioned above) would be relevant

www.faircop.org.uk/[/quote]
I hadn't looked at the Fair Cop site before. It's really chilling.

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Leafstamp · 29/01/2022 18:29

Good idea for a thread.

I presume all of the case studies on the Fair Cop website (some of who already mentioned above) would be relevant

www.faircop.org.uk/

FrancescaContini · 29/01/2022 18:17

[quote eleanorwish]Margaret Nelson in Suffolk who had a call from the police about her 'offensive' views.

www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-humanist-stands-by-transgender-tweets-2832902[/quote]
Margaret sounds amazing!

PaleGreenGhost · 29/01/2022 18:13

When people eventually study this period in history they will compare this with the stark figures for DV and dismal rape prosecutions. The anti woman activists are not going to look remotely "kind".

OvaHere · 29/01/2022 18:01

Posie/Kellie Jay for various tweets and activism

RoyalCorgi · 29/01/2022 17:54

Thanks, eleanorwish! I'd completely forgotten about Margaret Nelson.

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eleanorwish · 29/01/2022 17:43

Margaret Nelson in Suffolk who had a call from the police about her 'offensive' views.

www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-humanist-stands-by-transgender-tweets-2832902

TheGreatATuin · 29/01/2022 17:40

Good idea. I've been thinking about this a lot today.
I can't believe the police are investigating women for raising safeguarding issues. We need some kind of judicial review/major enquiry.

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