British police ensure you think the right thoughts
Lynette Burrows, a family campaigner, has had a visit from our (are they really ours anymore?) boys in blue regarding a comment she made on a live radio show.
From the Daily Telegraph:
During the programme, she said she did not believe that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt. She added that placing boys with two homosexuals for adoption was as obvious a risk as placing a girl with two heterosexual men who offered themselves as parents. “It is a risk,” she said. “You would not give a small girl to two men.”
A member of the public complained and a homophobic incident was recorded against her. A social worker police officer was sent round to lean on Ms Burrows. The officer apparently explained that
…it was not a crime but that she had to record these incidents.
Our increasingly spineless police authorities explained this piece of totalitarian intimidation thus:
A spokesman said it was policy for community safety units to investigate homophobic, racist and domestic incidents because these were “priority crimes”.
It is standard practice for all parties to be spoken to, even if the incident is not strictly seen as a crime. “It is all about reassuring the community,” said the spokesman. “We can confirm that a member of the public brought to our attention an incident which he believed to be homophobic.
“All parties have been spoken to by the police. No allegation of crime has been made. A report has been taken but is now closed.”
So: no crime, no laws broken, no charges. But you still get a police visit for expressing an opinion. Evidently this ‘assuring the community’ garbage is - as one might expect these days - only about assuring some sections of the community. The others can go to hell.
And some of you want these people to be able to lock us up for 90 days without charge?
