by Sabrina Miller and Nicole Lampert, Telegraph
Activist who organised email campaign by supporters is told she may have committed a criminal offence
Tabatha Caplan believed she was doing the right thing when she reported an anti-Semitic art show to the police.
The 52-year-old dog trainer – who founded the campaign group Action on Antisemitism – also encouraged supporters to report the art exhibition in Margate to the authorities.
The exhibition by artist Matthew Collings had been fiercely criticised for its alleged depiction of Jewish people as devils, baby eaters, and people who control the government and media.
But Ms Caplan has now been told Kent Police are looking into her campaign of email activism to see if it caused a “potential criminal offence”.
“I was stunned when I saw the email from Kent Police,” Ms Caplan told The Telegraph.
“It’s extraordinary that we have any police force in Britain who, at a time when Jews are literally being killed for being Jewish, are more interested in going after those fighting anti-Semitism than those perpetrating it.”
Pictures of the offensive artwork started appearing on social media on March 21.