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Well, then you can expect the police/CPS to attempt to prosecute you. BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | Police apologise over mosque show

This is one of the most disgraceful things I've read of in some time. I remember the furore at the time the programme was screened. There was every attempt possible made to rubbish the programme and its contents, now it turns out everything in the programme was represented fairly and correctly. You've seriously got to wonder about the mindset of the people responsible for attempting to prosecute Channel 4 in this case. Very worrying stuff IMO.

It just feeds the extremists on both sides

The police statement concluded: "We accept, without reservation, the conclusions of Ofcom and apologise to the programme makers for the damage and distress caused by our original press release."

Kevin Sutcliffe, deputy head of current affairs at Channel 4, said the apology was a vindication of the programme team in exposing extreme views.

"Channel 4 was fully aware of the sensitivities surrounding the subject matter but recognised the programme's findings were clearly a matter of important public interest.

"The authorities should be doing all they can to encourage investigations like this, not attempting to publicly rubbish them for reasons they have never properly explained," he said.





Police initially investigated whether three of the people shown in the programme could be prosecuted for inciting terrorism or racial hatred.

But they later switched their attention to the documentary makers, suggesting they may have been guilty of stirring up racial hatred.

Noting wrong with looking at both sides of the argument at all