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UK mother arrested and locked in a cell after calling a [Crossdressing poofter...] transgender woman a man on Twitter
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Feb 12, 2019, 3:20:41 PM2/12/19
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A mother in the UK was arrested in front of her children and locked up for
seven hours after referring to a transgender woman as a man online, the
Daily Mail reported.
Three officers detained Kate Scottow at her home before quizzing her at a
police station about an argument with an activist on Twitter over so-
called "deadnaming".
The 38-year-old, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, had her photograph, DNA and
fingerprints taken and remains under investigation.
More than two months after her arrest on December 1, she has had neither
her mobile phone or laptop returned, which she says is hampering her
studies for a Masters in forensic psychology.
Writing on online forum Mumsnet, Scottow - who has also been served with a
court order that bans her from referring to her accuser as a man -
claimed: "I was arrested in my home by three officers, with my autistic
ten-year-old daughter and breastfed 20-month-old son present. I was then
detained for seven hours in a cell with no sanitary products (which I said
I needed) before being interviewed then later released under investigation
... I was arrested for harassment and malicious communications because I
called someone out and misgendered them on Twitter."
Confirming the arrest, Hertfordshire Police said: "We take all reports of
malicious communication seriously."
The case is the latest where police have been accused of being heavy-
handed in dealing with people who go online to debate gender issues.
Sitcom writer Graham Linehan was given a verbal harassment warning by West
Yorkshire Police after transgender activist Stephanie Hayden reported him
for referring to her by her previous names and pronouns on Twitter. It was
complaints by Hayden that led both to the arrest of, and injunction
against, Scottow.
High Court papers obtained by The Mail on Sunday detail how Mrs Scottow is
accused of a "campaign of targeted harassment" against Miss Hayden,
allegedly motivated by her "status as a transgender woman".
The papers claim that, as a "toxic" debate raged online over plans to
allow people to "self-ID" as another gender, Scottow tweeted "defamatory"
messages about Hayden. She is also alleged to have used accounts in two
names to "harass, defame, and publish derogatory and defamatory tweets"
about Hayden, including referring to her as male, stating she was "racist,
xenophobic and a crook" and mocking her as a "fake lawyer".
Scottow denied harassing or defaming Hayden and said she holds a "genuine
and reasonable belief" that a human "cannot practically speaking change
sex", but Deputy Judge Jason Coppel QC issued an interim injunction that
bans her from posting any personal information about Hayden on social
media, "referencing her as a man" or linking her to her "former male
identity". Scottow last night declined to comment.
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A mother in the UK was arrested in front of her children and locked up for
seven hours after referring to a transgender woman as a man online, the
Daily Mail reported.
Three officers detained Kate Scottow at her home before quizzing her at a
police station about an argument with an activist on Twitter over so-
called "deadnaming".
The 38-year-old, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, had her photograph, DNA and
fingerprints taken and remains under investigation.
More than two months after her arrest on December 1, she has had neither
her mobile phone or laptop returned, which she says is hampering her
studies for a Masters in forensic psychology.
Writing on online forum Mumsnet, Scottow - who has also been served with a
court order that bans her from referring to her accuser as a man -
claimed: "I was arrested in my home by three officers, with my autistic
ten-year-old daughter and breastfed 20-month-old son present. I was then
detained for seven hours in a cell with no sanitary products (which I said
I needed) before being interviewed then later released under investigation
... I was arrested for harassment and malicious communications because I
called someone out and misgendered them on Twitter."
Confirming the arrest, Hertfordshire Police said: "We take all reports of
malicious communication seriously."
The case is the latest where police have been accused of being heavy-
handed in dealing with people who go online to debate gender issues.
Sitcom writer Graham Linehan was given a verbal harassment warning by West
Yorkshire Police after transgender activist Stephanie Hayden reported him
for referring to her by her previous names and pronouns on Twitter. It was
complaints by Hayden that led both to the arrest of, and injunction
against, Scottow.
High Court papers obtained by The Mail on Sunday detail how Mrs Scottow is
accused of a "campaign of targeted harassment" against Miss Hayden,
allegedly motivated by her "status as a transgender woman".
The papers claim that, as a "toxic" debate raged online over plans to
allow people to "self-ID" as another gender, Scottow tweeted "defamatory"
messages about Hayden. She is also alleged to have used accounts in two
names to "harass, defame, and publish derogatory and defamatory tweets"
about Hayden, including referring to her as male, stating she was "racist,
xenophobic and a crook" and mocking her as a "fake lawyer".
Scottow denied harassing or defaming Hayden and said she holds a "genuine
and reasonable belief" that a human "cannot practically speaking change
sex", but Deputy Judge Jason Coppel QC issued an interim injunction that
bans her from posting any personal information about Hayden on social
media, "referencing her as a man" or linking her to her "former male
identity". Scottow last night declined to comment.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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