Published on 12, July, 2020
Firstly: As the (annoying) commentry indicates we don't know all the facts here.
Secondly: It's a "zero hedge" article featuring PJW, so will be utter anathema to some people.
Thirdly: It's morbidly interesting, and somewhat thought provoking.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/arrested-saying-lesbian
NAS has produced free guidelines for police officers about autism. Sadly it doesn't look like its been followed. The police have asked people to refrain from making judgements on the basis of the video clip shared on social media. But that clip shows blatant disregard for the Equality Act with the officer shouting "I dont care" immediately after the girl's mother told them she's autistic and was just making a statement of fact. Mandatory training is desparately needed but the police will also need to explain why they made a Public Order arrest when the girl was in her own home, and why they needed seven police officers. This poor girl has been treated appallingy and I wouldn't be surprised if she's traumatised by it. Thoughts go out to her and her family.
Don’t let the public in public order offence confuse you. Being in your own home is neither here nor there. It’s more whether members of the public are present. And for this purpose the police are treated as members of the public. That said clearly there wasn’t grounds for the arrest because They decided not to charge her.
The police are not members of the public, they are peace keepers, public servants..