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The UK police was already doing middle-of-the-night raids on people's houses over stuff they tweet ~9yrs ago: https://www.businessinsider.com/in-britain-police-arrest-twi...

They also proudly announced arresting a 12yr old for being racist on the internet: https://i.redd.it/24ivki7pmna51.jpg

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> The UK police was already doing middle-of-the-night raids on people's houses over stuff they tweet

They're doing it constantly, now, and have officially been advised to calm the fuck down.

The new guidance: https://www.college.police.uk/article/protecting-freedom-exp...

Random articles:

https://www.techdirt.com/2018/12/27/uk-cops-have-decided-imp...

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/7/22912054/uk-grossly-offens...

This to me indicates there is a serious cultural problem in the police force, where they think this kind of policing is okay. We do not want the kind of people on the front line who think this behaviour is acceptable or beneficial for society.

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