>> Hopefully this hasn't already been mentioned?
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>> A shop boss was arrested and quizzed by police for eight hours for cracking Nelson
>> Mandela jokes on the internet.
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>> Neil Phillips said he was fingerprinted, DNA-swabbed and had his computers seized.
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>> Police swooped after a councillor complained over the gags about the former South African leader,
>> who passed away on Thursday, aged 95.
If it was reported as a 'hate crime' then the police are obliged to take it seriously and investigate - even if their coppers noses tell them it's nothing.
If Mr Phillips refused to co-operate or otherwise failed the attitude test then arrest, swabbing and the rest are the obvious consequence.
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