February 8, 2021 06:05 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/08/british-police-arrest-man-over-offensive-captain-moore-tweet-giving-it-a-vast-international-audience.html
British police arrest man over offensive Captain Moore tweet, giving it a vast international audience
"@2helpmehelpyou" had no Twitter following to speak of when he tweeted something nasty about Captain Tom Moore, the hero centegenarian who recently died of Covid after raising millions to fight the disease. But police in the UK soon arrested him for the offensive remark and boasted about it to the press, so now millions of people worldwide have read the illegal words "The only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn." — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/08/british-police-arrest-man-over-offensive-captain-moore-tweet-giving-it-a-vast-international-audience.html
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