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FSU: Animal rights campaigner visited by police officers and told to accept a police record, attend an “online thinking” course, or face arrest following comments about the incineration of beagles (x.com)

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"Animal rights campaigner, Anneka Svenska, was visited at home by two police officers and told to accept a police record, attend an “online thinking” course, or face arrest following comments she made on social media about the incineration of beagles at a company that breeds the dogs for use in medical research.

The police alleged that she had committed a crime under the Online Safety Act. "

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[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Anneka refused to accept this “community resolution disposal”, which would have remained on her police record, and, after she engaged a lawyer, the case has now been dropped.

I really don’t like the practice of ‘let’s bully someone beyond the bounds of the law, and only back off if they call our bluff and get a lawyer involved’. They’re more or less relying on the fact most people don’t know their rights and are loathe to involve solicitors even when engaging one is completely called for.