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Kent Police ‘caused a national embarrassment’ over ‘thought crime tweet’

by LLB staff reporter
19th May 25 9:31 am

The former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has slammed Kent Police in their “overzealous approach” in arresting a pensioner for a “thought crime tweet.”

Braverman has said this have “caused a national embarrassment” as “woke policing” is an attack on free speech.

Julian Foulkes, 72, from Gillingham was arrested by six coppers at his home in Kent in November 2023 over a tweet about antisemitism after he replies to a pro-Palestinian activist.

Foulkes who served as a special constable for ten years with Kent Police had his home searched and he was detained for eight hours then later cautioned.

Kent Police admitted 18 months later the caution was a mistake and then apologised, Foulkes is now crowdfunding to sue the force.

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The former Home Secretary said, “The police seriously erred in this instance, and I think it’s caused a national embarrassment because their overreach, their overzealous approach, is a symptom of a deeper problem within policing, which is political correctness.

“The shorthand is ‘woke policing’, and this is a real attack on free speech, and unfortunately, you’re not the only case.”

Braverman added, “I do think that the police have still got a major problem when it comes to being overly politicised, and chief constables are directing their rank and file officers to pursue cases which are totally unmerited and shouldn’t warrant police action.

“So it has been because I wasn’t able to go further, I do think the problem still exists.

“It’s a very deep, deeply entrenched problem right up to the top of policing.”

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