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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by denton-scratch on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:53PM (#28160026)
They charged him without any evidence. They were harrassing an activist. It wasn't incompetence.

[Edit: the article didn't say they charged him; I was wrong]

Well, that's how it looks to me, on the basis of a single report in a tech journal with a sort-of tabloid outlook. Maybe there will be more information in coming days.

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by feu on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:52PM (#28160674)
>They charged him without any evidence.

The article explicitly says that the police did not charge him.

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by tssva on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:53PM (#28160690)
No where in the article does it say they charged him with anything.
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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by denton-scratch on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:02PM (#28160784)
I'm wrong - they didn't charge him. I don't know why I wrote that - I had read the article.

But they did arrest him.

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by crimsoneer on Thursday August 12, 2021 @06:38PM (#28162516)
That's how the UK legal system works. An arrest is an investigative tool.
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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by chrisseaton on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:56PM (#28160714)
> They charged him

Eh?

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by bmsleight_ on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:29PM (#28161022)
A British term, means formally charged with an offence. Police compile evidence and/or arrest a person. If the Police think there is enough of a case, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decide if there is enough evidence to support a 'charge'

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/cps-says-role-cps-deciding-w...

Basically Police arrest, looked at the evidence then took no action as Police decided no crime - therefore not charged.

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by chrisseaton on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:46PM (#28161229)
Yeah I know what it means. But he wasn’t charged. I don’t know why the person I’m replying to is saying that because it’s untrue.
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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by denton-scratch on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:05PM (#28162817)
You are right, he wasn't charged. He was arrested. I was wrong about that.
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