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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Being reported on the Radio 4 PM news programme that the police have received more than 7,000 complaints in the first week of the new law that forbids the stirring up of hatred for the following vulnerable groups relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
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So what public services will lose some of there funding to pay for all of the police time dealing with frivolous complaints potentially raised by bully's and lets face it trolls who are targeting people they just don't like or have some sort of grievance. I do understand some might be genuine but the police MUST release details of how many were not genuine or had no case to answer. Also how many police officers will be taken off front line duties to deal with the mess.
To highlight what i am getting at
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hate-crime-law
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First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to ‘overwhelm’ official systems
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hate-crime-law
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Only 3.8% of hate crime law complaints authentic so far, says Police Scotland
Official data for first week shows 7,152 reports received though nearly half of those were made on 1 April
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https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...de-first-week/
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Police Scotland received 7,152 complaints under Scotland’s new hate crime law in the first week of operation, the force has announced.
However, the vast majority resulted in no action being taken - with only 240 hate crimes recorded.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...f-new-law.html
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Police Scotland received nearly 7,800 reports of hate crime under Scotland's new law in the first week of operation - with three per cent of the reports resulting in a recorded offence, the force has said.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was enacted on April 1 and since then police say they have logged 7,152 reports of hate made online, alongside 400 police logged hate reports and a handful of complaints made by phone or email.
Police say the vast number of reports of online hate received during the first week - many of which were targeted at JK Rowling and First Minister Humza Yousaf - were anonymous. They were assessed against the legislation and no action was taken.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ce-jk-rowling/
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The law hinders free speech’
Readers suggested Scotland’s new hate crime law will create more problems than it will solve, with many voicing support for JK Rowling, while blaming the SNP for bringing the law to fruition.
Simon Lucas thinks it’s a “joke” that a senior SNP politician, Karen Adam, said the author was wasting police time.
He wrote: “The SNP is wasting police time by introducing this terrible legislation. Even with proof staring them in their eyes, they can’t bring themselves to admit it was a mistake and instead place the blame elsewhere. It’s leadership at its worst.”
As a Scot living in England, Laura Urwin finds it “heartbreaking that the SNP has in a few short years reduced a once proud nation to a laughing stock”.
She added: “The experiment of devolution has failed, and powers should be taken back by Westminster.”
Wendy Berwick surmised: “Well, Police Scotland scored a pretty dreadful own goal by announcing that every reported incident of ‘hate crime’ would be investigated.
“The rest is completely predictable. Another fine mess, courtesy of the SNP.”
Concerning freedom of speech, Derek Milne argued “the SNP has grossly misused its power enforcing a law that effectively criminalises free speech”.
Luca Sandor shared this sentiment: “It’s a gagging law. It hinders free speech. And is a way of controlling the free press.”
‘Of course the police can’t cope’
As front-line officers warned they “can’t cope” with the surge, readers debated if the increase in hate crime reports was inevitable and suggested ways the police could have prepared."
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My point is that this is a charter for anyone to ether raise a complaint anonymously just to tie up the police or to target someone in a grudge action similar to the Swatting occurrences in America.
Maybe the SNP will introduce a blasphemy law next with weekly stoning in town centres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wciENFKUelY