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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock
There's only two ways I accept someone being arrested for racism.
1. If it goes physical which I think we all would agree with that.
2. Is if the person that's being racist is constantly stalking the other person that they're being racist against.
If it's just a heated row then no I wouldn't arrest them as words are just words, otherwise we go down a slippery slope where people could be arrested for calling someone a fat bastard or something else that can be deemed prejudicial.
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Verbal assault can be a crime.
I was verbally assaulted when I was 7 months pregnant. I wasn’t touched but I was threatened. I was so frightened and traumatized by that assault that I had my baby 8 weeks early.
Words can be very damaging.