A screenshot circulating online appears to show a post by South Yorkshire Police claiming a man had been arrested for “repeatedly insisting” he was English. However, this post is not a genuine one from the force and there are no records of any such arrest.
The screenshot shows a post on X (formerly Twitter) of the police force supposedly saying: “NEWS: Sheffield man Richard Thompson has been arrested and charged with inciting hatred under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act.
“Thompson used threatening language in public, repeatedly insisting he was ‘English’ in the presence of minority groups.”
It has been shared on Facebook with the caption: “Imagine being an English man in England getting arrested for saying you’re English because it offends a…
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