Inappropriate questions from Police

Right Minds blogs:

One of my friends and moderator on Right Minds, Matthew McCluskey, received a visit from the friendly local neighbourhood cops on Saturday night at 9pm. He’s allowed me to use his real name to provide some weight behind this bizarre story, as he usually performs his limited online activity under a pseudonym.

He was cleaning his Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 when the doorbell rang. There was a police detective at the door, with an armed escort waiting in the wings. He claimed to be doing a “follow-up check” on vetting, as Matthew had recently had his firearms licence approved. 

No problems with follow up checks, but problems with what they asked:

Does the “right” in Right Minds stand for right-wing? [We had to pause our conversation at this point owing to my needing a full minute to laugh.]

Do you donate to any political parties or other organisations?

Do you know what New Conservative’s immigration policy is?

Do you know any representatives of the New Conservative party?

This is chilling, if correct.

If the Police can’t understand the difference between mainstream political parties such as New Conservative and radical extremist groups, then that is a huge problem.