Diane Abbott will not face police action over 'racist' tweet As well as calls for her resignation, members of the public also contacted the Metropolitan Police about the tweet. Despite reports that 40 people had complained about the tweet, police could not confirm how many complaints they had received. There were suggestions that she should face racial harassment charges. But police confirmed today that they would not be investigating. "The service was contacted by members of the public in relation to the comments made by Diane Abbott," a Met spokesman said. We reviewed the circumstances of the comments and having considered all of those circumstances and the information available to us, we do not believe a criminal offence has been committed. Since the row, Miss Abbott used her Twitter account to say her messages had been taken out of context: