What follows could only be classed as a pantomime or a scene out of a movie. Many residents went on to a Facebook page that they belong to and were outraged at this and started their thread. One person posted on there a picture of Donna Hall with a pencil moustache.
Within 2 hours the police where at his door telling him he had committed an offence and to remove the post straight away otherwise he would be arrested. He tried to explain that it was satire but the cops were having none of it and told him again. Worried about being arrested and thrown into jail for this he removed it.
More outrage came. How on earth does someone get the police to come out that fast and especially for a none crime, in their mind. So the gentleman asked if he put a complaint in for the same offence what action would the police take? Answer none. Below is the question and answer.
So here is the issue why would the police go out to one person for a so called crime and not to another?
I asked GMP for a comment. At first they couldn't even find that officers had even gone out. Surely police officers wouldn't do a favour for someone off the books? I provided more info so they could try harder and again I got no response. Once I had heard and seen the post above in the picture I tried again and asked why would an officer not go out for this gentleman had he reported it.
Response........
A GMP spokesperson said:
“We were made aware of an offensive image concerning a public figure that had
been posted online which had the potential to cause distress to anyone who
viewed it.
“Although the image did not
constitute a criminal offence, a decision was made that the sensible course of
action would be to request that the person who posted the picture remove it to
prevent any potential distress being caused.
“At the request of GMP the
poster removed the image.”
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