Viral Video Sparks Fury as UK Police Accused of Seizing Teen’s Phone ‘for Viewing a Post’

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/viral-video-sparks-fury-uk-police-accused-seizing-teens-phone-viewing-post-1744837

Posted by novagridd

19 comments

  2. Only that’s not what they were doing. This is the statement by West Midlands police:

    Published:
    13:33
    21/09/2025
    We are aware of reports that we are investigating a child for viewing a social media post. This is completely incorrect.

    We are investigating after a complaint from a member of the public that a fake social media account had been created in their name and had been used to send indecent messages.

    The offence being investigated is one of malicious communications – sending indecent or grossly offensive communication to cause distress or anxiety.

    The messages are of an incredibly serious nature and have caused serious concern for the victim.

    Officers made a number of attempts to speak to a suspect, a teenage girl, at her home address in Walsall earlier this month as part of the investigation.

    On 13 September, we spoke to the girl’s mother at her home and explained we needed to speak to her daughter and recover her mobile phone as part of the investigation.

    The following day, the girl attended a police station for a voluntary interview, and the investigation continues.

    We are aware of a brief and heavily edited video clip showing part of the 13 September visit.

    The clip is misleading, and we have reviewed a 10-minute body worn video recording showing the full exchange.

  3. Brah that clip has been heavily edited

    If you wanna rage bait correctly please share the full vid

    Still fucking disgusting

    But also mum can’t upload an edited video like that kinda sus

  4. Wasnt viewing a post, it was about a fake account being created under a real name and then using that account to cyberbully???

    That seems a pretty justified reason. There was a huge thing a few years ago about how bully isint at just school anymore and can be 24/7 nowadays, and honestly id pick the side of the mother of the bullied child who cleary had enough reason to bring in the police, which in case they found a credible reason to investigate….

    The fact tommy robinson shared this with misinformation and highlighting the religion of one of the officers clearly speaks volumes where his heart truly is with this situation

  5. Who would have guessed that the Reform/Ruzzian/Maga types distorted the truth to make people angry

  6. Oh, were rehashing this again are we?

    The police service in question released a statement basically BSing the carefully selected pattern of events being swallowed up by the gullible on this one.

  8. This outlet is transparently trying to take advantage of the growing market for far right ragebait.

  9. It’s utter bollocks based on a heavily edited video. The police were investigating the creation of a fake account in the name of a real person (the complainant). This fake account was then used to send indecent messages of “an incredibly serious nature”. The 13-year old girl was a suspect in the case. The age of criminal responsibility in the UK is 10 years old.

  10. I hate that posts like these are just slammed down willy nilly, the OP just shrugging off the deserved exasperation, only to just post another later on.

  11. Atrocious parenting – which seems to be fairly normal these days. The woman’s daughter is cyber bullying someone using a fake social media account, and she releases a heavily edited clip to blame the police and, in doing so, appears to absolve her daughter of any responsibility.

    Another case of an atrocious parent setting an atrocious example to her daughter.

  12. Edited video to present a narrative? haven’t people learned already?

  13. Yeah, X was full of the usuals ranting about how it was two tier and all that bullshit yesterday. No doubt they’ve all recanted and apologised for their accusations today since finding out the “poor little angel” was a cyber bully and the mum was another one of those terrible parents who would rather lie and deceive to protect their kids instead of disciplining them.

  14. Ah right so the police were out protecting kids and now people are upset about it? Got it 👍

  17. So, Tommy Robinson is lying again to create outrage. Him, his co-conspirators and Reform keep making up shit to increase anger until it boils over and there is violence. It’s about time they are held accountable for the damage they cause.

  18. Nice too see a police service actually releasing a statement correcting misinformation rather than staying silent as is the usual approach.

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