A man in London, Matthew P Doyle, who tweeted about an encounter he had with a Muslim woman who he asked about the Brussels attack, has reportedly been arrested on and charged with inciting racial hatred on social media.
He wrote that he had approached the woman to ask her about the Brussels attacks, insinuating she was involved, then went on to call her a racial slur.
"I confronted a Muslim woman in Croydon yesterday,” he tweeted then deleted. “I asked her to explain Brussels. She said 'nothing to do with me'. A mealy mouthed reply.”
I confronted Croydon and asked it to explain @MatthewDoyle31. Nobody had heard of him ever. A mealy mouthed reply. pic.twitter.com/wAJDWH7zv3
— Khamis M. Mustafa (@realkhamis) March 23, 2016
Who cares if I insulted some towelhead ?? Really.
— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016
Thank you for your thoughts. The incident did happen yesterday - If I was anyway threatening - I would be reported. Confront is a bad word.
— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016
However, it appears he was reported because a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed to Mashable that a man from Croydon was arrested for inciting racial hatred on social media.
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