Katie Hopkins tweets about 'setting up society for white lawyers' after Met Police decide against charging her over allegations of inciting racial hatred
The columnist was reported over an article comparing refugees to cockroaches
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Your support makes all the difference.Katie Hopkins has criticised Scotland Yard for investigating “a woman with an opinion” after the force confirmed it will not be charging her over allegations of inciting racial hatred.
A dehumanising article by the controversial columnist and TV personality, published in The Sun, was reported to police for comparing refugees to “cockroaches” after hundreds drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean.
Hopkins was questioned by police after Peter Herbert, the Chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, reported her and The Sun directly to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
On Tuesday, Hopkins shared a letter on Twitter from Detective Inspector Howard Hold, of the Metropolitan Police’s homicide and major crime common unit, informing her of the decision not to charge her with any offences.
She also tweeted about establishing “the society for white lawyers”.
Hopkins told the Mail Online: “I find it surprising that at a time when police are so undermanned they can't afford to turn up to burglaries or find cars after a crash, they think a woman with an opinion is their highest priority.
“I am grateful Scotland Yard enjoys my writing but I would encourage them to focus their energies on those who present a real threat to this country which I love.”
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “A 40-year-old woman who was interviewed under caution on Thursday, July 30 following allegations of incitement of racial hatred after the publication of an article was informed on 21 October that she will face no further action.
“The special enquiry team of the homicide and major crime command investigated and a file was sent to the CPS.”
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