Netizens are interested in Chelsea Russell’s arrest after she won a legal battle against prosecutors for posting rap lyrics on Instagram.
Chelsea made several headlines after being found guilty of posting offensive text on her Instagram account to pay tribute to Frankie Murphy.
The culprit is a 19-year-old teenager named Chelsea Russell from Liverpool who dedicated Snap Dogg’s I’m Trippin’ as a tribute to her friend who lost her life in a car accident.
The teenager faced charges after a screenshot of her update, which Liverpool Justice Centre, Sefton Magistrate Court found offensive, was sent anonymously to Merseyside Police.
During the hearing, Chelsea claimed it was not offensive, but was given a public ban and his sentence increased from a fine to a community ban for the hate crime.
What was Chelsea Russell arrested for?
Chelsea was prosecuted after posting rap lyrics containing the N-word on Instagram and found guilty of sending a grossly offensive message.
Chelsea’s profile caught the attention of the police, who decided to arrest and report her for posting the phrase “Kill a snitch, rob a rich whore.”
Chelsea Russell Drops Snap Dogg’s ‘I’m Trippin’ Rap Lyrics (Source: The Angle Times)
In court, the culprit was found to be “highly offensive” and Chelsea was convicted of a hate crime.
In 2017, Chelsea Russell, a Liverpool teenager with Asperger’s Syndrome, took to Instagram to pay tribute to a 13-year-old friend who died when he was struck by a car.
He posted the lyrics to Snap Dogg’s rap song ‘I’m Trippin’, along with the caption ‘RIP Frankie Murphy’ to pay tribute to his friend Murphy.
What charges is Chelsea Russell facing?
According to sources, Chelsea was placed on an eight-week stay, 8-8pm, fitted with an ankle brace and ordered to pay costs of £500 and a £85 victim surcharge.
The teenager’s lawyer accused the original verdict of ‘ridiculous’, akin to the actions of a ‘totalitarian state’. However, his conviction was overturned on appeal.
The spike line claims that Chelsea has been convicted under the Communications Act 2003, the blasphemy law of the 21st century.
The law is currently used to justify the arrest of more than 3,000 people a year (nine people a day) for posting ‘highly offensive’ content on social media.
Chelsea Russell faced charges after Merseyside Police sent a screenshot of her update, which was deemed offensive by Liverpool Justice Centre, Sefton Magistrates Court. (Source: Liverpoolecho)
In his case, the Crown Prosecution Service guidelines say that context should be considered a mitigating factor in such cases, and his context is rarely considered. In the Chelsea Russell case, the prosecution refused to recognize the very concept of context.
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Where is Chelsea Russell now?
Chelsea won the legal battle.
She was accused of sending an extremely offensive message over a public electronic communication network and found guilty after trial.
During the court hearing, Chelsea, a 19-year-old, claimed that the court had been sharing rap words, but the district judge said they “have no place in civil society.”
Prosecutor Angela Conlan told the court that the words were posted in the bio section of her Instagram account and later reported to the police.
The court then passed the content to Officer Dominique Walker, who is part of the police’s hate crimes unit.
During the investigation, PC Walker told the court that he found the words on Russell’s Instagram account extremely offensive.
However, disgruntled netizens felt that the state’s machinery could be used against a teenager afflicted with Asperger’s Syndrome, all because an Instagram post, seen by a handful of people, was deemed offensive by a police officer.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn