3 Nov 2015

Police Drop Charges Against Racist Radical Feminist Student 'Diversity' Officer, 28, Who Tweeted #killallwhitemen

Vie J4MB: The feminist-led and feminist-riddled Crown Prosecution Service has (predictably) dropped charges against a truly odious, racist, sexist bigot. Would the CPS have pressed on with a case against a man who employed the hashtag #killallblackwomen or #killallblacks or #killallwomen? We can be very sure they would have.
  • Bahar Mustafa was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court tomorrow 
  • 28-year-old was charged with sending an offensive message on Twitter
  • Critics found alleged tweet after she told white men not to attend a meeting
  • Crown Prosecution Service letter said there was not enough evidence 
By Lydia Willgress: A man hating radical feminist student diversity officer who was due to appear in court after allegedly tweeting #killallwhitemen has had the charges against her dropped.
Bahar Mustafa, a student union Welfare and Diversity Officer at Goldsmiths, University of London, was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with sending a communication conveying a threatening message.
The 28-year-old, from Edmonton, north London, had also been charged with sending an offensive message via a public communication network between November 10, 2014, and May 31.
But a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) letter sent on October 26 told Mustafa the decision to drop the charges had been made due to lack of evidence, reported the Guardian
It said: 'The decision to discontinue these charges has been taken because there is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.'
A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed the case had been discontinued.
A CPS spokesman added: 'Following the decision to discontinue this case, one of the complainants has now requested a review of this decision under the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
'It would not be appropriate to comment further on this case until this process has been completed.'
Speaking to Vice after discovering the charges had been dropped, Ms Mustafa said: 'Despite the fact that police failed to present any evidence against me, I was dragged through the justice system.
'I never actually tweeted it – but I don't condemn it either. The #KillAllWhiteMen hashtag is something that a lot of people in the feminist community use to express frustration.'
She added: 'I am absolutely for free speech and I think that these people who accuse me have a very misguided understanding of free speech.' 
Mike Schwarz, her solicitor, told the Guardian: 'The decision first to prosecute and then to climb down so soon afterwards, made by the Crown Prosecution Service headquarters, calls into question their ability to make sensible judgments on delicate issues.'
The charges had been criticised by free speech groups in a social media campaign using the hashtag #istandwithbaharmustafa.
Ms Mustafa initially sparked a racism row when she asked white men not to attend a students' union meeting intended for minority ethnic women and 'non-binary attendees'. 
Her critics then unearthed old tweets from her account and accused her of using #killallwhitemen.
She denied her initial request was racist or sexist and said in a video statement posted at the time of the first incident that she had received death threats after the row.
She said: 'I, as an ethnic minority woman, cannot be racist or sexist towards white men, because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender.' 
Ms Mustafa graduated from Goldsmiths earlier this year with an MA in gender and media studies.

Edited by AA


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