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ThoughtCrime: Man Subject Of ‘Hate Crime’ Investigation For Liking ‘Transphobic’ Tweet, Cop Probes His ‘Thinking’

Amanda Prestigiacomo

A man found himself the subject of a hate crime investigation, being questioned by authorities like a criminal for liking a tweet that was supposedly transphobic.

Harry Miller, a successful business man and former cop from England, says he was questioned by an officer from the Humberside Police Department for liking a supposedly transphobic limerick, a short humorous poem, on social media. “The limerick referred to trans women as ‘stupid’ and made comments about vaginas and ‘synthetic’ hormones,” reports Metro.

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