Police Scottish quiz lecturer over ‘hate speech’ after he posted quotes from TRAINSPOTTING about ‘English w*****s’
COPS quizzed a man over a "hate crime" after he posted quotes from TRAINSPOTTING about "English w*****s".
The "storm in a teacup" reaction from the boys in blue happened as the country continues to reel from a horrifying rise in knife crime.
James Mooney was bizarrely pulled in for questioning after he wrote the iconic film line on Instagram, in a tongue-in-cheek comment.
The film and philosophy lecturer at Edinburgh University wrote the comment after showing the film to a group of students.
It said: “Spent this morning telling a group of visiting American students that we don’t *really* hate the English, but that they *are* w*****s. Welcome to Scotland.”
Police Scotland confirmed no crime had been committed after the odd probe into the lecturer's use of lines from the famous film.
Officers were called to investigate after a complaint was made, and made the shocking decision to record it as a "hate incident".
The university insisted the post was simply meant as a joke - branding it “ridiculous” anyone would find it offensive.
A source told : “It was clearly meant in jest and no offence was intended or could reasonably have been taken.
"It is all totally ridiculous, a storm in a teacup if ever there was one.”
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The probe comes as two 17-year olds were slaughtered in London and Manchester as Britain's knife crime epidemic continues.
Cops have struggled to get the violence on the streets under control, with the Defence Secretary read to send in the army.
And knife crime has increased by eight per cent as stabbings spiral out of control across the country.
The epidemic has reached such shocking levels the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, today announced a £100million funding package to try and stem the bloodshed.
Police have previously been accused of "playing silly games" and mocked over how they operate.
Wiltshire Police were met with stunned Twitter users after asking where they should patrol.
And Gloucestershire Police's request for residents to call them if they see children playing with footballs was slammed as a "a sad reflection of modern times".
'HATE INCIDENT'
A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed officers received a report last month of “xenophobic comments made online” in relation to Mr Mooney’s Instagram post.
The spokesman added: “A full investigation was conducted and it was established that no crime had been committed.
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"However, the matter was recorded as a hate incident.
“No further police action was required.”
Senior university staff reviewed the post and deemed it not to breach their social media policy.
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