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Britain's police are restricting speech in worrying ways

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Re: Britain's police are restricting speech in worrying ways

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Pretty sure the police aren't enacting the laws they are obligated to enforce, the government is the ones doing that.

Yes, bad laws that are open to interpretation, perhaps as designed. But the police have a lot of discretion and it's much easier to go after someone for an obnoxious tweet or supposed offense than it is to go after real crimes. We always hear "lessons will be learned" after the fact, again and again, but they don't seem to be.
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