Carolyn Farrow taken to police station

They said they had no evidence and they barged into a woman's house, took all her equipment including IT, all her passwords, arrested her, held her, threatened to section her, searched her for drugs - for a meme?

A MEME SHE HAS EVIDENCE SHE DIDN’T POST.

not that it fucking matters because memes aren’t illegal, but in another way it does matter because it widens the scope for harassment by cop so massively, from “people who post stuff online” to “everyone.”

Can i find a meme I object to on social media and waltz into the police station and accuse someone completely unconnected that I don’t like of having posted it and get the cops to show up at their house and seize their devices?

if not, why the fuck not? Seems like other people can. Is it because I don’t have a Y chromosome? Why aren’t the cops happy to act as my personal harassment dogs?

If you think about it, anyone could complain to the police about hateful or insulting content on social media. There's a ton of it. I do wish the people who I see on Twitter and elsewhere gloating about Caroline's situation would have the sense to realise that they too could be arrested on the flimsiest pretext if someone takes a dislike to them. However, these people are generally very stupid, so that won't happen.

I just read that twitter thread. How dreadful. The harassment of her has reached really egregious levels. What an awful invasion of her family life.

What highlights the insanity of this situation is that actual threats of violence against women, made by people who don't bother to hide who they are, which are not considered worthy of investigation.

Whatever you may think about Carolyn and her beliefs, the contrast with the acceptance of violence against women. Is stark.

Exactly

Is the Catholic Church a hate group which should be outlawed?

Let's go back to the 16th century! So progressive!

@Believerinbiology it's just mind boggling that this could happen. To say I'm very disappointed in the polices role in all this is an understatement.

So what? People campaign on all sorts of things I don't agree with.

Doesn't mean they should be investigated by the police.

I know you knew. It just gave me the opportunity to flag that they were indeed still up and running and available for people who might want to 'educate themselves'.

And? Those are pretty mainstream views within Catholicism. Is the Catholic Church a hate group which should be outlawed?

Just read Caroline Twitter. feed

ffs. What sort of country are we living in. FFS.

Lisa Townsend not Lisa Nandy!

Is this Surry Police again 😱

Ive been reading Caroline’s feed this morning. This is outrageous and surly illegal?

That's why I said supposedly doesn't exist anymore. According to twitter keffal 'took down kw' remember?

Yet more ridiculous nonsense we're all supposed to go along with.

I hope that Caroline sues the arse off those bastards.

You could probably just call CF a right leaning Christian who (along with a very large proportion of people) doesn’t believe anyone can change sex.

She also campaigns against abortion and same-sex parents

Having views you do not like is not justification for the police to enforce a political agenda and not the actual law of the country.

I am beyond tired of this childishness. Not agreeing with someone is not an excuse to behave badly.

Yup.

I don't think so. That was a Sussex force. She's Surrey I believe so it will be Surrey (or possibly Hampshire) police.

I'm in Surrey. Where at my local police station (mid sized commuter town, fair amount of crime) you can't even speak to a police officer anymore at the local police station, despite about 9 rainbow police cars being parked outside as I look now. Nor at any of the stations in 5 neighboring towns, as I discovered recently when I tried to report a road rage incident and get a crime reference. I had to drive over the border to London in the end, report it to the Met and get them to tell Surrey. Pathetic service. where is Lisa Nandy the P&C commissioner that I vot d for, despite her politics, because she told us this police harassment and gas lighting wouldnt happen anymore?

I’m so pleased that the police have decided to investigate social media. Can we assume that they’ll be investigating all the threats of sexual/physical violence towards women made online? As those definitely break the law.

TBF, given the meme involved I rather think it’s the Queen that has been traduced.

KF are documenting this in their thread this morning.

Someone who doesn't like Carolyn claims 'she said something mean'. So the police are investigating.

Carolyn thinks she didn't say the mean thing (though can't be entirely sure what the mean thing is).

'Mean thing' could be that people can't change sex, so people mustn't invade single sex spaces by claiming to be that sex, if they are not.

That shouldn't be enough to get you arrested.

A disabled woman in wales was arrested for putting up stickers that highlight the rates of domestic abuse against women.