Retired officer suing ex force after arrest over 'thought crime'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : It made me think I best just keep quiet for the rest of my life, because you just can't say anything these days,' she said at the time.
54% : Law-abiding people should not be investigated for non-existent thought crimes.' Meanwhile Mr Foulkes' solicitor, Matthew Elkins, said: 'The police face an almost impossible task monitoring social media, and they won't enjoy being labelled the thought police, but when someone like Julian is dragged from his home the cap appears to fit.' In January, a couple were hauled behind bars for eight hours after they were arrested over WhatsApp messages they had sent about their child's school. Maxie Allen, 50, and Rosalind Levine, 46, from Borehamwood, thought their eldest daughter had died when six police officers swooped on their home.
52% : 'The Home Secretary has made clear that she believes all police forces should be focused on the central priorities of the Government's Safer Streets Mission, including rebuilding neighbourhood policing, reducing anti-social behaviour, and making progress towards the unprecedented ambition to halve knife crime and violence against women and girls within a decade.
36% : And in a reference to Orwell's dystopian novel, another posted: '1984 is here.' Kent Police have since confessed the decision to give Mr Foulkes a caution was a mistake and have wiped it off the 71-year-old's record. History teacher Vanessa Brown said she suffered 'unspeakable devastation and trauma' after she was left to stew in a policy custody cell for more than seven hours after being accused of stealing her childrens' iPads Mr Foulkes has since aired his concerns in what he believes to be an attack on freedom of speech, quipping: 'I saw Starmer in the White House telling Trump we've had it in the UK for a very long time, and I thought, 'Yeah, right.'

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