Katie Hopkins again
- 19 December 2016 17:18322406Surely she must be prosecuted over this?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-twitter-apology-muslim-family-extremism-links-mail-online-column-a7484436.htmlGuest 1881 likes this - 19 December 2016 17:46322407howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Surely she must be prosecuted over this?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-twitter-apology-muslim-family-extremism-links-mail-online-column-a7484436.html
What should she be charged with? - 19 December 2016 18:01322408Incitement to ethnic or religious hatred which is part of the the Public Order Act of 1986.
- 19 December 2016 18:02322409She makes a living upsetting people and playing to others, it’s just car crash radio.
James o-Ryan Duse it in reverse ,who knows what they believe in reality - 19 December 2016 18:10322411Gone too far this time as Waltham Forest is a tinderbox with the odd hate preacher able to mix in with the mainstream muslims and spread their hatred. This of course means that far right groups are active in the area making the family a possible target.
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19 December 2016 19:04322418She shouldn't be allowed to continue its dangerousALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Ross Miller
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19 December 2016 19:56322429I find her odious, ill informed and opinionated - but that is what she is paid to be and what her fans like her for.
Her employer has had to issue a grovelling apology and pay out a substantial libel payment so I suspect they may be considering her future employment or at minimum have given her a final warning.
Notwithstanding all of this she has not breached the law on incitement of racial hatred as PC Plod has not knocked at her door at 6am as they are want to do in such cases - if others choose to dignify her bile and poisonous commentary with anything other than the silence it deserves then they are at least as big fools as she is."Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 19 December 2016 20:15322433The law breaking looks clear to me in the last two lines.
Under the law of the United Kingdom, "incitement to racial hatred" was established as an offence by the provisions of §§ 17-29 of the Public Order Act 1986. It was first established as a criminal offence in the Race Relations Act 1976. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 made publication of material that incited racial hatred an arrestable offence.
This offence refers to:
deliberately provoking hatred of a racial group
distributing racist material to the public
making inflammatory public speeches
creating racist websites on the Internet
inciting inflammatory rumours about an individual or an ethnic group, for the purpose of spreading racial discontent. - Keith Sansum1
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19 December 2016 20:20322434Fair comments howardALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 19 December 2016 20:23322435Ross Miller wrote:I find her odious, ill informed and opinionated - but that is what she is paid to be and what her fans like her for.
Her employer has had to issue a grovelling apology and pay out a substantial libel payment so I suspect they may be considering her future employment or at minimum have given her a final warning.
Notwithstanding all of this she has not breached the law on incitement of racial hatred as PC Plod has not knocked at her door at 6am as they are want to do in such cases - if others choose to dignify her bile and poisonous commentary with anything other than the silence it deserves then they are at least as big fools as she is.
Not for the first time Ross is the voice of common sense. I find her distasteful at best, if we're going down the route of prosecuting journalists that say things we disagree with we're on thin ice.
It seems that freedom of speech is a movable feast to some.Judith Roberts and Ross Miller like this