Carolyn Farrow taken to police station

[ScreamingMeMe]

Long twitter thread here. She's had her electronic devices seized too, and has been accused of being certain posters on Kiwi Farms and Mumsnet

@BernardBlacksWineIceLolly and @BreakWindandFire sorry to tag you but she's been accused of being you!

We all know who this will be, but as Caroline says, please don't speculate/discuss them.

twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1577092705154666496?t=Cv7tRv3YdqIogpXT_MSwZQ&s=19

Christ. That is terrifying.

I've just been reading Caroline's Twitter thread. Agree it's best to discuss the issues of unknown people online using the police to target women in this way rather than speculate about the identity of the complainant.

Christ. That is terrifying.

Definitely.

So sorry to hear this Caroline 🌺

Poor Carolyn. That's outrageous. Hopefully a few police officers will be climbing some steep mountains right now.

I have so little faith left in the police now… At this point, if the police turned up to save me from an armed intruder, I would hide behind the intruder.

That’s how I feel too.

Threatening to section her too. The police are vicious, power-crazed, misogynistic bastards in the pockets of MRAs.

I'd also be very wary of this being used as an opportunity to coerce two MN users to come forward to prove they aren't Caro, and them being doxxed so please take care you two.

Apart from that, this is terrifying. Being arrested for a meme? Of course now everyone will be hunting down the meme and more people will see it. And in turn this will identify the 'reporter' even more.

And so it goes. Terrorising women and petrifying kids, what a great look.

Meanwhile what are the clear-up rates for burglary, mugging and car theft? How many rapists do they catch? How many of the trolls makng rape and death threats online against women are ever arrested...?

Poor Caroline. The only "malicious communications" the police should be concerned with are those which break sensible laws, like incitement to violence or actual threats of harm. You know, like the ones ao-called activists send women every day

Christ that man is an absolute cunt.

I’m Spartacus Carolin Farrow.

No… I am Caroline Farrow.

I hope she gets fair cop involved and sues for wrongful arrest.
Why aren’t the police bothered about being used for malicious targetting and all the resources being wasted?

Meanwhile what are the clear-up rates for burglary, mugging and car theft? How many rapists do they catch? How many of the trolls makng rape and death threats online against women are ever arrested...?

I would love to see a breakdown of costs involved in man hours, facilities, resources, all of it, to participate in this bloody silly game. This is taxpayer money being fucked about with.

Oh FFS. Why do the police keep allowing themselves to be used in this way - it's basically a low key version of swatting.

I really, really hope that the police can find something to charge the individual who reported her with.

What is wrong with Carolyn being Beenard or BreakWund? They have not posted anything illegal.

I believe that back in th late 18th century there were boxes around Paris for anonymous denouncers to anonymously denounce people. We seem to have the equivalent now. Surely fake denouncements to the police should have a criminal charge attached to them, at very least wasting police time. But also harassment and libel etc.
It's unbelievable.

Sorry for typos, posting while walking.

Arrested without evidence? When she was not resisting or being violent? No interview ‘helping police with enquiries’ ?

And threatening to section someone who is feeling suicidal? When MN alone is full of really ill people who cannot get MH support.

Can the police be done for wasting police time?

This is making them look very, very stupid.

And like the Stasi.

all of this.

This is disgusting! I have no idea who is alluded to as being the one who reported, but whoever he/she is should be ashamed of themselves. This is school yard bullying but on a way more serious scale. People could lose their jobs and homes just for stating scientific facts (or being accused of stating them,even if they didn't actually do it).

Whoever is making these ridiculous accusations should definitely be prosecuted for wasting police time, perverting the course of justice, and anything else that would stick.

What is wrong with Carolyn being Beenard or BreakWund? They have not posted anything illegal.

I'm trying to imagine what could possibly be illegal yet tolerated by Mumsnet moderators, especially on this board.

They're not exactly super-lax.

Is it Weetabix-related?

Doesn’t Surrey have a GC PCC? I wonder what she would have to say about the way the police handled this.

Fucking hell Caro…. let’s hope he’s really overstepped the mark this time.

@VicarInaTuTu thought you’d be interested in this thread (cos of the sticker thread) - this is a prime example of what we mean we we talk about police over reach. This is a bit more than ‘getting someone else’s side’

Well! A sense of humour will carry you a long way and she's got her family behind her. I hope the Police are mortified at being used like this. Poor woman, I'm so angry.

I'm not religious, but, iirc, it's the feast of St Francis today (would be my favourite, he seems a cool dude). He'd be there for you.