“The IT Crowd” creator Graham Linehan has said he was arrested by cops in the UK over three “ anti-trans” social media posts shortly after arriving at London Heathrow Airport.
The Irish comedy writer, who was flying to Britain on an American Airlines flight from Arizona, accused police of treating him like a “terrorist” when they detained him moments after he stepped off the plane on Monday.
Linehan, 57, who has become a strident critic of the transgender rights movement, said he was escorted to a private area where he was told he was under arrest “for three tweets” by officers of the Metropolitan Police. 3
“The moment I stepped off the plane at Heathrow, five armed police officers were waiting. Not one, not two — five. They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under a