J.K. Rowling comes under fire over controversial tweet about transgender people

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J.K. Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” series, has come under fire for a controversial tweet in which she criticized police in Scotland for a decision they had made.

Rowling wrote her tweet on Sunday in response to an article from the Times about police receiving criticism for classifying rape offenders as women if they claim they to identify as such.

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