Last week, the “welfare and diversity officer” at Goldsmiths College in London was charged with sending an offensive message. Bahar Mustafa, 28, had posted a Tweet with the hashtag #KillAllWhiteMen.

As so often, the police couldn’t tell the difference between between a repugnant remark and an incitement to violence, and Ms. Mustafa will appear before magistrates next month.

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