Londoner Matthew Doyle sparked outrage yesterday when he bragged on Twitter about challenging a Muslim woman to “explain” the Brussels terrorist attacks.
Social media users united in condemnation – and mockery – about Doyle’s comments, which seemed to only egg him on to make more trolling remarks on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MatthewDoyle31/status/712615148410773505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Doyle, a publicity manger, later deleted the offensive tweet, and started claiming that the whole incident was a “wind-up”, and that if it was really a serious issue, he’d “be reported”.
https://twitter.com/MatthewDoyle31/status/712604415207874561
Well, Metropolitan police announced last night that the 46-year-old had been arrested for “inciting racial hatred”.
Suspect arrested for inciting racial hatred on twitter #ZDERTD #WeStandTogether #Croydon #Community @CroydonAd pic.twitter.com/BcjcKAPrFl
— Croydon MPS (@MPSCroydon) March 23, 2016
The force confirmed to The Guardian that the man was kept in custody on Wednesday night. There’s no information yet about if he will be charged.
