So, today we see five people have been arrested for making a video mocking the Grenfell Tower fire.
My take on it is that while these people are clearly the embodiment of excrement in human form, I struggle to see what crime has actually been committed - at least while there is no "Don't act like a t***" law in place anyway. As someone else commented elsewhere, the arrests smack of a "We must do something" reaction rather than having any actual basis in law.
(Notwithstanding, of course, an effigy of a living politician was burned in Lewes before huge crowds)
This comes just a few days after a police chief stated that with resources stretched, plod should be devoting their resources to catching criminals rather than sniffing around the Internet looking for a bit of misogyny. Of course, if said online abuse is of a threatening nature, then of course they should get involved.
My take on it is that while these people are clearly the embodiment of excrement in human form, I struggle to see what crime has actually been committed - at least while there is no "Don't act like a t***" law in place anyway. As someone else commented elsewhere, the arrests smack of a "We must do something" reaction rather than having any actual basis in law.
(Notwithstanding, of course, an effigy of a living politician was burned in Lewes before huge crowds)
This comes just a few days after a police chief stated that with resources stretched, plod should be devoting their resources to catching criminals rather than sniffing around the Internet looking for a bit of misogyny. Of course, if said online abuse is of a threatening nature, then of course they should get involved.