British police have dropped charges against a man accused of inciting racial hatred on Twitter.
Matthew Doyle had been scheduled for a court hearing Saturday because of anti-Muslim tweets he posted after the extremist attacks in Brussels but police have decided not to charge him with a crime.
The 46-year-old had been charged on Friday, but a later police statement said Doyle "is no longer charged with the offence and will not be appearing in court."
The statement hinted that police may have overstepped their authority: "Police may not make charging decisions on offences under Section 19 of the Public Order Act," it said.
Doyle's tweets described confronting a Muslim woman in south London about the Brussels attacks.
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