Retired police officer arrested over ‘thought crime’ tweet.
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Other dystopian nonsense aside, this is always really creepy. Whenever they raid people for thoughtcrimes, they double down and dig throw their house for books, paintings, and the like, then pin motivations on the possession of those items too. And it's very selective. Someone could have Mao, Marx, and Hitler books...and they'll pin just the Hitler book on you, and you're a Nazi now.
Also, they can lock you up even if you don't commit a crime, with how crazy their laws are. It's as absurd as something like if they think you might maybe offend someone in the future...they can lock you up to prevent that harm. Something along those lines.
This is why its so important, at least in American law, to refuse to ever let yourself or your property be searched without a warrant and keep them limited to the exact specifics of that.
By the time a cop is moving their fat ass to even question you, they are almost completely convinced you are guilty and are looking for anything to confirm that possible. Anything that de-confirms it will be ignored wholesale, they are just trying to fit their narrative.