Essex Police has defended its actions after Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said she was left “dumbstruck” by a visit to her home on Remembrance Sunday over a social media post.
Officers visited Pearson as part of an investigation into alleged incitement to racial hatred, following a complaint from a member of the public, the force said.
In an article, Pearson said she was told by the police who came to her home it was over a “non-crime hate incident”, but not told which post it was about.
The force said “at no stage” did its officers tell her the investigation was related to a “non-crime hate incident.”