There’s murder, rape, assault…and then there is Facebook commentary.

Police have become embroiled in a free speech row after officers told a cancer patient to apologise for a social media post.

Said police went to her house to tell her to apologize for a Facebook post. Meanwhile rape goes uninvestigated.

Deborah Anderson, an American citizen living in Slough, was confronted by an officer from Thames Valley Police after someone complained about an offensive Facebook post.

Well you see it’s like this. It’s hard work tracking down a rapist. Some Yank saying something on Facebook? Like rolling off a log.

The mother of two, who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer, was told that if she did not apologise for the comments she could be interviewed at the police station.

Listen, they would love to browbeat the rapists too, really they would, but the rapists are hard to find. Some woman saying something on Facebook is a doddle. She’s right there in her house! Could not be easier!

Ms Anderson was visited at home by a single officer in June and informed that Thames Valley Police had received a complaint about her.

In a video shared by the FSU, the officer said: “Something we believe you have written on Facebook has upset someone.”

Ms Anderson then asked: “You’re here because someone got upset? Is it against the law? Am I being arrested?”

The officer confirmed that she was not being arrested and explained: “My plan was that if it was you who wrote the comment, you could just make an apology to the person.”

Ms Anderson replied: “I am not apologising to anybody, I can tell you that.”

The officer told her: “The alternative would be that I would have to call you in for interview.”

Why? Why would he have to? And why do the police never ever ever go after men who threaten women with rape or rape plus murder on Facebook or anywhere else?

We’ll never know.