Gareth Compton, British Politician, Arrested Over 'Stoning' Tweet

[True_Blue]

Source: Huffington Post

LONDON — A local politician in England has been arrested after allegedly posting a message on Twitter calling for a journalist to be stoned to death.

Police say Birmingham city councilor Gareth Compton was arrested on suspicion of sending an offensive or indecent message. He was released on bail pending further inquiries.

Media reports say the post on the microblogging site said "Can someone please stone Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to death? I shan't tell Amnesty if you don't. It would be a blessing, really."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/gareth-compton-arrested-stoning-tweet_n_782385.html

[boppers]

1. Well, this will be interesting. eom

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. In a related story, appeal against conviction for Twitter bomb 'threat' fails

Paul Chambers, 26, said he acted in frustration after Robin Hood Airport in South Yorkshire was closed by snow.

The trainee accountant from Doncaster, who now lives in Northern Ireland, was found guilty in May of sending a menacing electronic communication.
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The message Chambers sent to his 600 followers in the early hours of 6 January said: "Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"

His counsel Stephen Ferguson told the appeal hearing that even the police officer investigating the case branded it a "foolish comment posted on Twitter as a joke for only his close friends to see".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11736785

[Creative]

3. LOL...England has become such a sissy country.

[StarsInHerHair]

4. England really slipped & hurt itself

& they don't let people on planes if they don't go thru the body scanners? Sounds idiotic.

[Democat]

5. "sending an offensive or indecent message" is a crime?

The entire internet will have to be arrested.