A British couple was arrested after expressing concerns in a WhatsApp group about their child’s school. Now, a local council member who supported them has been warned she could be next.
Key Facts:
- Maxie Allen, 50, and Rosalind Levine, 46, were arrested for alleged harassment after a dispute about a school headteacher hire.
- Six police officers raided their home and arrested them in front of their daughter.
- Hertfordshire Constabulary later admitted there was no case and dropped the charges.
- Councillor Michelle Vince was warned by police she could also be arrested if she kept helping the couple.
- The force’s Police & Crime Commissioner called the arrests a mistake and said people should be free to speak out.
The Rest of The Story:
The incident began when Allen and Levine raised concerns in a WhatsApp group about how Cowley Hill Primary School was hiring a new headteacher.
What started as a routine inquiry turned into a nightmare.
Police showed up at their home with six officers, arrested them, and held them in a cell for eleven hours.
Despite no threats or abusive language being used, the school reported them to police.
Five weeks later, authorities admitted there was no case to answer.
Why did 6 police show up and arrest this couple. Did they steal? Did the asssult someone?
Nope they complained about their kids school in a what’s app group and email .
Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were arrested in front of their daughter and put in a cell for eight hours… pic.twitter.com/lvgWCog3wF
— leilani dowding 🌸🚜 ☮️ (@LeilaniDowding) March 29, 2025
However, the fallout continued.
Council member Michelle Vince, who tried to assist the parents, was warned by Hertfordshire Police in an email that she could become a suspect herself if she didn’t stop helping.
Vince, worried about her safety, installed security cameras at her home.
She says the police action felt like an attack on democratic rights.
The force’s Commissioner, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, agreed the case should not have involved police and has ordered a review.
Commentary:
This story is a chilling sign of just how far things have fallen in the UK.
Arresting two parents for politely questioning a school’s decision through a private chat app isn’t just overreach—it’s totalitarian.
Now, threatening a local council member for helping constituents?
That’s police-state behavior.
In free societies, elected officials don’t get warnings from law enforcement for advocating on behalf of their communities.
They get respect, even when their stance is inconvenient.
When police threaten democratic representatives and jail peaceful parents, that’s not public safety—it’s intimidation.
The most disturbing part is that no one involved committed any crime.
They followed procedures, used respectful language, and still had their lives upended.
The family’s daughter watched as police carted off her parents like criminals.
For what?
Raising questions about a public school’s leadership?
What kind of values are these?
We often talk about our “shared values” with Britain.
But what values are left to share?
If this is the new normal in the UK—where speech is criminalized and questions are cause for arrest—then we need to reconsider who our real allies are.
America cannot continue treating countries like England as models of liberty and justice.
When a public system uses law enforcement to crush peaceful dissent, it’s not our friend.
It’s a warning.
The U.S. must think carefully about whether these so-called allies still stand for freedom—or against it.
The Bottom Line:
The UK is walking a dangerous path.
Arresting peaceful parents and threatening their elected official for asking questions isn’t justice—it’s repression.
What happened in Hertfordshire could easily happen anywhere speech is policed.
Americans should take note and ask hard questions: are we still aligned with a country that silences its own people for speaking out?
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