Counter-terrorism police in Merseyside have been accused of "purging anybody who has a history in medieval history" and "scaring anybody who identifies on the right", after storming the home of a teenager.
A 19-year-old woman was visited by an anti-terrorism unit, accused of "inciting violence online" and questioned on her political beliefs.
However, when questioned on which specific social media posts warranted the visit, the officers were unable to provide evidence, instead asking her if she was "right-wing" and why she owned a replica Anglo-Saxon helmet.
Hitting out at the officers involved, Founder of Fair Cop Harry Miller detailed the "bizarre" case and criticised the police for "scaring the bejesus out of people who express an opinion".
Sharing more insight into the case, Miller told GB News: "They had no particular reason to confiscate the helmet or to arrest or in fact, do anything.
"So what they did, they turned their attention to a family decorative samurai sword that has lived quite peacefully on their wall for a number of years and confiscated that in case the sword suddenly became self-animating and went out and did the bits of slaying all on its own.
"And then before they left, having told her nothing whatsoever about what she'd done, their advice to her was 'in the future, bite your tongue before going online'."
Expressing his fury at the case, Miller raged: "This is what it was all about - this is all about generating a chilling effect, scaring the bejesus out of people who identify as being on the right to express an opinion, which the police don't like.
"We have a political police force who are intent on purging anybody who has a history in medieval history. So this has got a very particular left-wing slant about it, it stinks and we can't have it."
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Admitting his disbelief at the nature of the incident, host Martin Daubney questioned why counter-terrorism police are "not doing other things" rather than focussing their time on visiting teenagers who post online.
Miller agreed with Martin, explaining: "I think it's definitely getting worse, particularly under this Government. Although the last government was not much better.
"They asked if she was right-wing, as though that was some great crime. They asked if she had any sympathies with the cause of the recent right-wing rioters, and then they asked her about her religion and her parental influence. It seems as though they thought that the presence of this helmet was a clear and short indicator that this was an alt-right family."
Offering his advice to those who may face police visits of this nature in the future, Miller assured that you have "done nothing wrong" for "expressing a political opinion".
He told GB News: "If you've committed a crime, you know you've committed a crime, you don't have to wonder about it. When the police turn up and you're sitting there thinking I've done absolutely nothing, then don't let them in. It's as simple as that.
"You ask them, are you here about a crime or are you here for some other reason? If they say it's about a crime or anything to do with that, then they need to caution you at that point - say nothing, get a solicitor.
"The chances are as with this case, you've done nothing other than express a contrary political opinion. I'll tell you what, if they started asking me questions on that basis, what I would likely do is slap them around the chops and slam the door in the face.
"The only way to deal with this is to treat them with utter, utter contempt. This is not policing as we recognise it, and this is not policing that we, the public, consent to. So we have to ridicule it and simply refuse to comply."
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