Man who confronted Muslim woman to 'explain' Brussels attacks arrested
Found on The Guardian on Thursday, 24 March 2016
A man who sparked an outcry on Twitter after tweeting about confronting a Muslim woman on a street in Croydon, south London, and challenging her to “explain Brussels” has been arrested by police.
Officers for the Metropolitan police in Croydon tweeted on Wednesday that a suspect had been arrested for inciting racial hatred.
That will do more harm than good. A lot of people already think that officials and politicians are tiptoeing around this topic and censoring free speech, and actions like that will support their views.