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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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>They charged him without any evidence.

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

No where in the article does it say they charged him with anything.

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.

That's how the UK legal system works. An arrest is an investigative tool.

> They charged him

Eh?

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.

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.

You are right, he wasn't charged. He was arrested. I was wrong about that.

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