UK police ask blogger to remove UKIP tweets

Re:UK police ask blogger to remove UKIP tweets by wyager on Sunday May 11, 2014 @07:20PM (#7730449)

Just because they don't physically beat the guy up or shoot him doesn't mean it's peaceful. When someone in a position of authority uses their authority to try to bully you into doing something, that is not peaceful.

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Re:UK police ask blogger to remove UKIP tweets by robhu on Sunday May 11, 2014 @07:27PM (#7730458)

I don't know if there's a difference here between the US and the UK (I'm from the UK, like the Twitter person, I assume you may be in the US).

I don't see how the police did not act peacefully. He would have had the option as to whether to allow the police in or not, and I don't see how them asking questions about what he did is bullying.

The police did state several times that he had not committed a crime, and they were seeking information.

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Re:UK police ask blogger to remove UKIP tweets by seabee on Monday May 12, 2014 @04:42AM (#7731703)

The alternative is you have the police judge you as a timewaster before investigating your claims, instead of after :)

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