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, for an alleged hate crime. Pearson, an award-winning writer, was being investigated for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in November ...
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Allison Pearson: Police drop investigation into social media post by journalist
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Essex Police have closed an investigation into columnist Allison Pearson for alleged incitement of racial hatred over a social media post. The force said it would be conducting an independent review will ...
Essex Police drops Allison Pearson investigation
Essex Police says it is not taking any further action against journalist 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, a police statement said.
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Police drop probe into Allison Pearson
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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.
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
Police close investigation into social media post by journalist Allison Pearson
Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said she was wearing her dressing gown when she was spoken to by two constables from Essex Police on Remembrance Sunday, about a year-old post on social media platform X,
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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Allison Pearson says she felt 'bullied' in police probe
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Allison Pearson: The bar for criminality is rightly higher than ignorant tweets
Like her or loathe her, the Allison Pearson row shows why we all have a stake in defending free speech, writes Silkie Carlo.