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Police arrest 12-year-old boy after racist messages are sent to Wilfried Zaha (theguardian.com)
2 points by Udik on July 13, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I wonder on what grounds they arrested a minor for private speech (sounded like a DM), which is more protected than public speech? True we don't want to condone such behavior, but we cannot start sidestepping laws which have more broad contexts. This seems like a slippery slope into rules which no longer matter.




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