Thames Valley Police sent an officer to a person’s home, who is a US citizen living in the UK who is also a cancer patient over “her tweets.”
Video footage shows the moment the officer entered the house of Deborah Anderson, who is a staunch Donald Trump supporter.
The officer told Anderson he is there as she is being accused of “upsetting” a person over an alleged “threatening” post she apparently made.
She was told by the male officer that she can apologise or he will arrange a time for Anderson to be interviewed, which is usually done under caution.
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The Free Speech Union has now got involved on behalf the woman who is undergoing chemotherapy, they branded this as “chilling.”
The FSU said, “What was Deborah’s supposed crime? The policeman didn’t tell her. Was it her passionate support of President Trump and the MAGA movement on her Facebook and X pages?
“To make it worse, Deborah is in the midst of cancer treatment, including chemotherapy. She ought to be have been convalescing. Instead, she was harassed for her tweets.
“Thames Valley Police are responsible for guarding President Trump this week. What would he make of the fact that those same officers are visiting the homes of his supporters – including US citizens – and threatening them with arrest?’”
In the video, Anderson says to the male officer, “You can come in, but you’d better have a damn good reason for being here.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: An American cancer patient and Trump supporter was confronted by British police and told to apologise for her online posts or face an investigation.
Deborah Anderson, a mother of two, was visited at her home in June by an officer from Thames Valley Police. He… pic.twitter.com/CaQZVUScQY
— The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) September 17, 2025
“I’m a member of the Free Speech Union and I’m an American citizen… I’ll have Elon Musk on you so quickly your feet won’t touch (the floor).”
The male officer told the American mother-of-two, what she had written had “upset someone”.
“You’re here because somebody got upset?” she was shocked, she responded, “Is it against the law? Am I being arrested?”, she asked.
He told Anderson she is not being arrested he said, “My plan was, if you were admitting that it was you who wrote the comment, you could just make an apology to the person.”
He added to Anderson, “The alternative would be that I have to call you in for an interview.”
Lord Toby Young, founder of the FSU, said in a statement, “I hope the fact that this happened to a US citizen means President Trump will raise Britain’s free speech problem with Sir Keir Starmer later today.
“The Prime Minister is in denial about it and it needs someone of Trump’s stature to shake him out of his complacency.
“We need a complete overhaul of our free speech laws if we’re to avoid becoming the North Korea of the North Sea.”
A spokeswoman for Thames Valley Police told the Daily Mail, “In June, we received a report from a person who felt threatened by comments directed at them online.
“Following engagement with both parties, no arrests were made and no further action was taken.
While people are entitled to express their views, it is the police’s duty to respond to allegations of threatening language and references to violence.
The US White House has also been contacted for a comment.
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