[OT] 71 year old Brit arrested for tweet taken out of context

It took SIX police officers armed with pepper spray and batons to arrest a 71 year old Brit - who was a retired constable himself - after he wrote a tweet that was taken out of context. He then spent 8 hours at the police station being interrogated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a44S7nnT5oo [14 minutes]
The comments tell us that it is almost impossible to get a police response to a burglary, mugging, or anything else that we might call a real crime but say something that *might* offend someone, then they can send out a large contingent of officers.
It's no wonder that some large policing districts literally haven't solved a burglary or car theft - not a single one - in years. They're all too busy policing speech.
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Rhino