Two Years For A Tweet

More than 12,000 arrests in a year
for things people said.

Two Years for a Tweet attacks a justice system RebelliousBard believes has developed an extraordinary sense of priorities. In 2023, 12,183 arrests were recorded by just 37 police forces in England and Wales under two laws governing offensive, threatening and other communications. Against a backdrop of violent crime, sexual offences, burglary and victims waiting for justice, the song asks how policing words on a screen came to demand this much attention. Offensive speech may be ugly, stupid or deliberately provocative. RebelliousBard’s argument is that none of those things should make words a greater priority than people who actually cause physical harm.