"Linehan, 57, shared further details of the arrest on his blog, which he said occurred as he was returning from Arizona. He claimed to have been flagged and arrested at an airport like a terrorist. The moment I stepped off the plane at Heathrow, five armed police officers were waiting. Not one, not twofive, he wrote. They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under arrest for three tweets [posts]."
"He reshared the posts which were originally posted in April, one of which called on people to call the cops on trans-identifying people and if all else fails, punch him in the balls. Another post showed a crowd of people at a protest, many holding transgender and LGBTQ Pride flags, which he wrote over the top: A photo you can smell."
"He claimed his belt, bag and devices were confiscated as he was shown to a small green-tiled cell with a bunk and silver toilet and he was questioned about his posts, which he said was a serious point made with a joke. When a nurse came to check on him, he claimed they found his blood pressure was in stroke territory because the stress of being arrested for jokes was literally threatening my life which led him to be escorted"
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man in his fifties at Heathrow on suspicion of inciting violence relating to posts on X as he arrived on an inbound American Airlines flight. Officers became concerned for his health during custody and he was taken to hospital; his condition was neither life-threatening nor life-changing. The detainee was questioned about three posts originally posted in April that targeted transgender and LGBTQ people and included calls to contact police and violent language. Personal items were confiscated and he was held in a small cell before being released on bail pending further investigation.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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