A man has been arrested after complaints about somebody appearing on social media wearing a Halloween costume depicting Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi.
Abedi killed 22 people as well as himself when he detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the arena in May 2017.
Pictures of a man wearing an Arabic-style headdress, with the slogan “I love Ariana Grande” on his T-shirt, and carrying a rucksack with “Boom” and “TNT” written on the front, caused fury when they were posted earlier this week.
Man arrested over ‘Manchester Arena bomber’ Halloween costume
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-arrested-manchester-bomber-costume-b2440260.html
5 Comments
voidf1sh@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
That's ridiculous. Was it in good taste? No. Should he be arrested for it? Also no what the fuck
Emperor@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
From the article:
Should this be a law? Probably because people are dicks.
Should this guy be arrested using this law? I suppose it's different from charging them (and securing a conviction) and gives them time to investigate but this was a very traumatic incident (my uncle lives in Manchester and it had a big impact on him) so making a joke about it is offensive.
voidf1sh@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
I get that it's offensive, I truly do, but I don't think people should be arrested just for being offensive. If he was threatening to do something similar or something like that, then that's different.
Emperor@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
It's a difficult one for the police - sending offensive communications is an offence, and this counts as one, so they are duty-bound to investigate it. As unpleasant as it is, I hope it goes no further.
rah@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NzdpxKqEUAw
tl;dw: No it shouldn't be a law.