Arrest Kate Hopkins for hate speech

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Arrest Kate Hopkins for hate speech

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Following Katie Hopkins public hate speech on Twitter on the 11 November, the public calls for her to be charged under the Public Order Act 1986 which prohibits, by its Part 3, expressions of racial hatred, which is defined as hatred against a group of persons by reason of the group's colour, race, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins. Section 18 of the Act says:

A person who uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting, is guilty of an offence if—

(a) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred, or
(b) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby.

Here is the offensive material: https://twitter.com/KTHopkins

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