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This has gained some serious traction over here in relation to abuse of police powers over speech.
The complaint has now been dropped by West Yorkshire Police and the professional standards department are dealing with the formal complaint against officers.
https://news.sky.com/story/autistic...cusation-will-face-no-further-action-12938169
Video of the incident is embedded in this article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ying-female-cop-looked-like-lesbian-nana.html
A 16-year-old autistic girl who was arrested after being accused of making a homophobic comment to a police officer will face no further action.
The teenager was detained by seven police officers outside her home in Leeds in the early hours of 7 August.
Her mother, who uploaded footage of the incident to TikTok, said alongside the video that her autistic daughter had told her an officer "looked like her nana, who is a lesbian".
My take is this is far more worrying than it appears on the surface. Many commentators have claimed this was an illegal arrest as a public order offence cannot take place within someone's house, however Section 4a of the public order act can be committed within a private residence.
However 4a requires the comments to be directed at the intended victim, this does not appear to be the case. It sounds like this was a throwaway comment from a drunk child, not intended to cause harassment alarm or distress
But for me this is window dressing as the real issue is why officers felt the need to arrest a drunk child, in the care of her parents for a perceived insult. Code G of the Police and Criminal evidence Act stipulates that there are very specific reasons why an arrest can made. These criteria do not appear to be met. Bare in mind a custody Sgt would have needed to authorise this detention and an inspector authorised the continued detention.
There are other options such as voluntary attender interviews which do not involve arrest but is a means of dealing with someone for an offence (usually next day when the suspect is sober and calmer)
Finally the female officer appears to have lost her temper at being 'insulted' however there are multiple other officers there who should have de-escalated the situation. It's a complete and utter failure of procedure and checks & balances
All of this for saying somebody looks like your lesbian nana
The complaint has now been dropped by West Yorkshire Police and the professional standards department are dealing with the formal complaint against officers.
https://news.sky.com/story/autistic...cusation-will-face-no-further-action-12938169
Video of the incident is embedded in this article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ying-female-cop-looked-like-lesbian-nana.html
A 16-year-old autistic girl who was arrested after being accused of making a homophobic comment to a police officer will face no further action.
The teenager was detained by seven police officers outside her home in Leeds in the early hours of 7 August.
Her mother, who uploaded footage of the incident to TikTok, said alongside the video that her autistic daughter had told her an officer "looked like her nana, who is a lesbian".
My take is this is far more worrying than it appears on the surface. Many commentators have claimed this was an illegal arrest as a public order offence cannot take place within someone's house, however Section 4a of the public order act can be committed within a private residence.
However 4a requires the comments to be directed at the intended victim, this does not appear to be the case. It sounds like this was a throwaway comment from a drunk child, not intended to cause harassment alarm or distress
But for me this is window dressing as the real issue is why officers felt the need to arrest a drunk child, in the care of her parents for a perceived insult. Code G of the Police and Criminal evidence Act stipulates that there are very specific reasons why an arrest can made. These criteria do not appear to be met. Bare in mind a custody Sgt would have needed to authorise this detention and an inspector authorised the continued detention.
There are other options such as voluntary attender interviews which do not involve arrest but is a means of dealing with someone for an offence (usually next day when the suspect is sober and calmer)
Finally the female officer appears to have lost her temper at being 'insulted' however there are multiple other officers there who should have de-escalated the situation. It's a complete and utter failure of procedure and checks & balances
All of this for saying somebody looks like your lesbian nana
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