When the Police Become the Mafia (or vice versa)
New Metropolitan Police LGBT Network Threatens Critic’s Family Member On Twitter - This Must End Now
New Metropolitan Police LGBT Network Threatens Critic’s Family Member On Twitter - This Must End Now
An official London Police account has recently used Mafioso intimidation tactics against a politically incorrect Twitter user.
Paul Perrin, former IT Consultant and founder of RadioFreeUK.org, became involved in an argument with a “recognised staff association account for [Metropolitan Police] employees” – Met LGBT Network - on social networking site, Twitter. This ultimately resulted in the Met LGBT Network making a thinly veiled threat by mentioning a family member of Mr Perrin in the exchange.
“Delighted you’ve taken an interest in us. We’ll take an interest too. Open source is a goldmine. Give my love to [a named member of his family]”, wrote the officer.
These intimidation tactics are absolutely unacceptable. Instead of charging Mr Perrin with any wrond-doing, the Met LGBT Network made a threat against this man’s family.
The Met LGBT Network (or the Metropolitan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network) claims to “focus on hate crime and responding to trollers” and publicly labelled Mr Perrin a “racist” and “homophobe”. Mr Perrin said he felt intimidated, insists he has been “slurred” by the police, and is rightly demanding an apology.
UK police consider anything that is “perceived” as “offensive” as a possible hate crime, and London’s Metropolitan Police (Met) recently announced plans to spend millions of pounds on a new “online hate crime hub” to target “trolls” who offend “communities” on the internet.
In short, in response to a politically incorrect comment, an official Metropolitan Police association – the Met LGBT Network – attempted to intimidate a member of the public who has not been charged with any wrong-doing, by making a thinly veiled threat against a family member of Mr Perrin.
Is this what the rest of us should expect if/when we say something politically incorrent online?
It is disturbing enough that there exist police groups prowling the internet waiting to be offended so that they can prosecute someone for a “hate crime”, but the intimidation tactics used by the Met LGBT Network are beyond the pale.
The Network should make an apology and the individual who made this threat should be removed from his/her position.
For more information and to read the full exchange between Mr Perrin and the Met LGBT Network:
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/08/22/exclusive-london-lgbt-police-...
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IPCC Must Investigate Threat from Met LGBT Network
To whom it may concern at the Independent Police Complaints Commission
I trust you are aware of the recent incident concerning Paul Perrin and the new Met LGBT Network. During this event, the Met LGBT Twitter account mentioned a name of a family member of Mr Perrin in what is quite clearly a gross intimidation tactic.
“Delighted you’ve taken an interest in us. We’ll take an interest too. Open source is a goldmine. Give my love to [a named member of his family]”, wrote the Met LGBT Twitter account.
That part of the Metropolitan Police would threaten a member of the public in this way is disgraceful.
This is utterly unacceptable behaviour from a support association with the Metropolitan Police – behaviour more fitting of the Mafia than the police force and one which the I will not tolerate.
Whether or not there was wrong-doing on Mr Perrin’s part is irrelevant – it is appalling that the Met LGBT Network apparently think it is okay to make thinly veiled threats against a family member of a member of the general public with whom they have taken issue.
I understand that Mr Perrin and his family have not yet received an apology which they are entitled to.
I call on you in investigating this incident
1. to ensure that the Met LGBT Network make a public apology for their bullying of Mr Perrin
2. and, so far as possible, to ensure that the individual responsible for this post is removed from their position as they have shown themselves incapable of conducting themselves in an appropriate manner.
