Police drop investigation into Allison Pearson

Police drop investigation into Allison Pearson over tweet
Essex Police has dropped its investigation into Allison Pearson, the Telegraph journalist. Pearson, an award-winning writer, was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in November last year. During a visit ...
Authorities drop investigation into Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson
Essex Police have dropped their investigation into Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson over a social media post.
Cops drop probe into journalist Allison Pearson over social media post from a year ago
COPS have dropped their investigation into Allison Pearson over a social media post. Essex Police stopped their case looking into the Telegraph journalist, after she was accused of stirring up
Allison Pearson: No further action to be taken against Daily Telegraph columnist over social media post
Essex Police has strongly defended their investigation which triggered strong reactions from Conservative politicians, including the shadow home secretary who said "police should not be policing thought or speech".
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Police drop probe into Allison Pearson
At last, an outbreak of common sense from Essex Police. After a mounting backlash – with Boris Johnson, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage expressing their dismay – the boys in blue have decided to drop
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Police close investigation into social media post by journalist Allison Pearson and order review of probe
Essex Police have closed an investigation into a journalist for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a post online that has since been deleted. An independent review will be launched into the force’s handling of the case.
Essex Police accused of ‘bullying Allison Pearson’ and should ‘police the streets, not tweets’
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Police drop investigation into journalist Allison Pearson over 'hate' tweet
The Telegraph journalist was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in November last year.
Essex Police drops Allison Pearson investigation
Essex Police says it is not taking any further action against Allison Pearson after an investigation into a social media post by the Daily Telegraph columnist. The investigation has been closed, but there will be an independent review of the force’s handling of the matter,
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