Scottish police said on Wednesday they had received more than 7,000 online reports of offenses in the first week since the introduction of a new hate crime law that opponents say could curb free speech and waste police time. The law, brought in by a devolved government controlled by the
More than 1,000 hate crime complaints have been made to police every day on average since Scotland's controversial new law was introduced on April Fool's Day.
Nevada, Nebraska, Texas and South Dakota are experiencing 911 outages,
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Scotland’s new “hate crime” law already is demonstrating how it will be used to squash dissent and free speech. The so-called Hate Crime and Public Read More
A senior officer within Police Scotland has stated that serious violent and sexual crimes will still take precedence for the force after concerns over staffing were raised.
The Bristol Bar on Glasgow's Duke Street has produced a new rule book for customers due to fears about them committing a hate crime by singing offensive songs
AUTHOR JK Rowling has accused Humza Yousaf of favouring trans people as the row over new hate laws rumbles on. The Harry Potter creator, 58, said the First Minister has “absolute contempt for women
Stand-up Al Murray is best known for playing his character The Pub Landlord, an English publican with an animosity towards the French, who always thinks the British are best at everything.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a bill on Thursday that requires local law enforcement agencies to report illegal migrants to federal authorities, the Associated Press reported.While other Democratic-run cities and states around the country are choosing to continue implementing so-called "sanctuary" policies that prohibit local and state police from coordinating with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee has adopted a new measure that would mandate communication with...
Politicians love creating specific new offences to look like they’re tackling a problem, but all it does is make the statute book more complicated without addressing the root of the problem, says Eliot Wilson Retail employees should be safe in their place of work, under the protection of the law. That goes without saying, and []
As a longtime anti-Zionist and member of Jewish Voice for Peace, it has been a fact of my life that the organized Jewish community has considered me a pariah. When I was president of my Jewish congregation, the executive director of the local Jewish Federation refused to speak with me; when communication was required, he More