The Metropolitan Police has announced that it will stop investigating “non-crime hate incidents” after it emerged that Father Ted creator Graham Linehan will face no further action over social media posts about transgender issues.
00:0057-year-old Irish comedy writer Graham Linnon was, of course, arrested at Heathrow Airport in September by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of inciting violence over three posts he had made on X.
00:17Following Linnon's announcement on Monday that the pro into his posts has been dropped and that he will face no further action over social media posts about transgender issues, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said the commissioner has been clear he does not believe officers should be policing toxic culture war debates.
00:45With current laws and rules on inciting violence online, leaving the force in an impossible position, the spokesperson added the Met will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents.
01:01Non-crime hate incidents are, of course, incidents that do not count as crimes but are perceived to be motivated by hatred towards certain characteristics such as race or gender.
01:15The Met spokesperson continues to say these incidents will still be recorded and used as valuable pieces of intelligence to establish potential patterns of behaviour or criminality.
01:30Linnon announced on social media on Monday afternoon that police have told his lawyers that she faces no further action over the Heathrow arrest.
Be the first to comment