A prominent feminist writer and gender-critical activist was visited by police after a "transgender man" from Holland complained about one of her tweets.
Julie Bindel was told by two Met Police officers that she was under investigation for a “hate crime“ in 2019.
The officers told her that a transgender man from The Netherlands had reported one of her posts, however they would not reveal which post, who the complainant was or what type of hate crime was being investigated.
Bindel revealed this ordeal in an article for The Telegraph as another journalist, Allison Pearson, is being investigated in a similar incident.
Julie Bindel was visited by Met Police in 2019 over a tweet she made
Pearson was visited by Essex Police on Remembrance Sunday who informed her she was being investigated for “inciting racial hatred online” through a now-deleted tweet from a year ago.
Pearson, like Bindel, was given little detail about why she was being investigated and what for.
Bindel wrote in the article that the situation she had faced was “Orwellian,” and said she refused to cooperate and questioned the officers about the legal jurisdiction.
She was asked to voluntarily attend the local police station to make a statement, which she refused to do, saying she didn’t even know what she was being accused of.
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“I had better things to do,” the journalist wrote. “The officers left looking a little bewildered. I did have a sense that they understood what a ridiculous mission they have been sent on. I advised that they could better use their time investigating rape and domestic violence.”
She added: “I know the law on these issues, and am well aware they had no chance in getting the Crown Prosecution Service to press charges.”
Bindel received a call the next day telling her that the investigation had been dropped.
She admitted that she was left disappointed, and said she’d hoped she would end up in court so her, “friends and colleagues would protest outside of the court and use it as a way to educate the public about this Orwellian state of affairs.”
Allison Pearson was visited on Remembrance Sunday by officers from Essex PoliceGETTYJulie Bindel said police who dedicated time to coming after people for speaking the truth about “gender madness” were carrying out a public disservice.
She urged people to publicly protest this “terrible infringement of our human rights.”
Maya Forstater is another gender critical activist who was investigated for more than 15 months over a tweet she made about a transgender doctor.
The investigation was ultimately dropped two months ago, however Forstater was only informed of this last week.
