Scottish woman told would be charged for homophobic and transphobic tweets

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

twitter.com/millar_marion/status/1396039074239164423?s=19

On Wednesday April the 28th 2021 I received a call from a PC Laura Daley from police scotland requesting i attend an interview for homophobic and transphobic tweets under the milacious communications act.

I was asked to attend that coming Friday, she told me I had to attend East Kilbride police station so I could be then transported to Cathcart police station in a police car because I would have to go to a police station where there is holding cells, I would be then processed, questioned and then most likely charged.

I told her I would not be attending any interview on that day especially with it being a bank holiday weekend because my autistic twins needed me and I was scared I would be held all weekend.

To this she told me she would attend my house with social workers for my boys.

I contacted a solicitor straight away and he was unable to get PC Daley so for the first bank holiday in May I sent my disabled twins away for fear of this officer carrying out this threat.

This absolute nonsense has been hanging over my head for a month, I can barely sleep
or eat and I still don't know what the offending tweet is, my new interview has been scheduled for Thursday the 27th May, I will find out what I am supposed to have said at that point and if I will be indeed charged, again at another bank holiday, I just want to say, anyone who knows me, knows I am not homophobic or transphobic, I am a hard working mummy who would fight to the end for the safety and dignity of women and girls and for my vulnerable twinnies.

If we sit back and do nothing we will regret it for ever. For this reason I will never
Wheesht.

#WomenWontWheesht

I am skeptical and will wait for more formal confirmation.

However, "OMG it's a noose!" is actually well established in social justice circles:
www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/19/nooses-in-oakland-park-were-exercise-aids-man-says/
www.thecollegefix.com/black-penn-state-profs-report-noose-behind-house-ends-up-being-part-of-neighbors-swing-set/

The Times is reporting that picture and 5 other tweets, if anyone has a share token

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e1b4d98a-c480-11eb-a26e-4c086490cfe1?shareToken=3ed0de3e0df8afa8e828542e79165d1e

[quote ArabellaScott]www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e1b4d98a-c480-11eb-a26e-4c086490cfe1?shareToken=3ed0de3e0df8afa8e828542e79165d1e[/quote]
TheFather Tedcreator Graham Linehan, who is banned from Twitter for hateful conduct

Interesting absence of links to explain that conduct - but then again if there's a ribbon reportedly at the heart of this…

Thanks for the clarification, @CharlieParley.

Wow that’s a piece in the Times!!! Comments turned off though...

21 pages in and I'm appalled at this apparent bloody witch hunt.

I feel like she's been tarred with a horrible brush with very little/no public evidence.

'The Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, who is banned from Twitter for hateful conduct, sent Millar a cake on her recent birthday and sent a message of support after her interview. Linehan’s account was closed after he was said to have tweeted “men aren’t women tho” in response to a post by the Women’s Institute wishing their transgender members a happy Pride.'

It does say why his account was closed. And it’s a corker!

As Someone else has pointed out, even if it was a noose, how can that be a hate crime? She didn't threaten anyone did she?

@toffeebutterpopcorn

Wow that’s a piece in the Times!!! Comments turned off though...

It's a live criminal case now, so they can't allow comments.

Probably wise for us all to be careful so threads don't get deleted

Keep the sunlight pouring in, guys!

It was tied near to where River City is filmed. David Paisley is an "actor" who appears in it.

and gun-toting violence threatening misogynist has been banned from Twitter for hateful conduct presumably? Ah no, just had the tweet removed, how surprising.

Comments might be turned off as livee legal proceedings?

David Paisley is a hypocrite:

scottishpen.org/legal-threats-against-actor-david-paisley-are-disproportionate-and-deeply-troubling/

Aaand Paisley has deleted his Twitter account, so very predictable.

He's so pathetic

Maybe he has - if this was him - realised that he has done a bad thing and that the reaction wasn’t what he expected. Of course it may not have been anything to do with this, and it’s a coincidence. I wouldn’t like to work with him though.

Andrea Cachia does have some support at Brunel:

twitter.com/BrunelMarxist/status/1400476785423290371

I'm not sure what's more of a problem, dismissing credible threats of violence or the spelling.

Glinner said it was this tweet twitter.com/millar_marion/status/1339695997929353217?s=20

evidently someone is suggesting that the ribbon is intended to be a noose

“Men aren’t women tho” is what got Meghan Murphy’s Twitter account hosed. If memory serves Glinner was turfed for saying “Groomer”, not without some justification

I have one of those suffragette-coloured ribbons, acquired (I think) at one of the We Need to Talk meetings I attended. I’ll be wearing it every day now for Marion. I live quite far away from Glasgow but I’m giving very serious consideration to attending.

Paisley said he would be taking some time off twitter because all this has been taking a toll on his mental health. All this being, apparently, some ribbons.

I expect it is because he knows the reaction this will get. Hell, I could see TRAs getting annoyed with him, even: he's made them look stupid by association.

@toffeebutterpopcorn

Maybe he has - if this was him - realised that he has done a bad thing and that the reaction wasn’t what he expected. Of course it may not have been anything to do with this, and it’s a coincidence. I wouldn’t like to work with him though.

He deactivated a few days ago saying something would be happening this week and he needed to take time out for his mental health.

Cowardly behaviour.

Where can one buy those Suffrage ribbons. Probably should be tied to all the trees around the police station.

He was still on twitter earlier today, trying to solicit votes for some kind of diversity award he thinks that he deserves. I reckon he pulled the plug as soon as the news got out about the ribbon tweet.