Monday, January 05, 2015

U.K. Criminalization of Speech Is Really Starting to Scare Me

U.K. Criminalization of Speech Is Really Starting to Scare Me - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Earlier this week, British reality TV star Katie Hopkins tweeted some fears about a Scottish Ebola patient coming to London for treatment. 
She's now facing a criminal investigation.  
"Inquiries are ongoing into the nature of these tweets and to establish any potential criminality," a Scottish law enforcement official told the BBC.
"Police Scotland will thoroughly investigate any reports of offensive or criminal behaviour online and anyone found to be responsible will be robustly dealt with."
 Here are Hopkins' possibly criminally offensive statements:"




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