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Just for some important clarification, he wasn't actually arrested for the "mealy mouthed" tweet.
He was arrested for inciting racial hatred which was based on a number of subsequent tweets which where racially charged in nature and included one where he blanket referred to muslims as "towelheads".
Whether that was right depends on your views of the fine balance between freedom of speech and the right not to be discriminated against and abused because of who you are rather than what you do.
The_Seldom_Killer-
He was arrested for inciting racial hatred which was based on a number of subsequent tweets which where racially charged in nature and included one where he blanket referred to muslims as "towelheads".
From what you report, it looks like a section 5 offence, at worst.
Aroogah nailed it.
Nobody has any right to not be insulted by anyone, even by racists and bigots.
Nobody was being discriminated against - insofar as discrimination is defined as being illegal or unlawful
Nobody seems to have been abused, other than in a general sense, and general untargeted abuse is, as far as I know, not illegal, other than from a section 5 public order offence perspective, and not from a moral perspective.Without knowing the full context, it's probably best not to make a call though., I guess.
NotThamesWater
Being arrested for writing even what he wrote is a travesty.