The SNP Hate Crime Act fosters an environment of fear and censorship and is a law more worthy of Gilead, the dystopian nightmare nation depicted in The Handmaid's Tale, than Scotland
Scotland's new anti-free speech crime law is a wicked product of an increasingly censored society that must be woken up, writes James Price.
Scottish police have warned that the controversial new hate speech law will force police to cut backs on the policing of actual crimes.
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...
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The jibe coined by Inverness-born Spectator magazine editor Fraser Nelson after the introduction of the new Hate Crime Act, was this week quoted by Lord Hope, once Scotland’s most senior judge and a former deputy president of the UK Supreme Court. It could yet be the SNP’s epitaph. In less than a fortnight, Police Scotland has been deluged with thousands of complaints, hardly any of which will result in prosecution, never mind conviction. No-one knows how or if these complaints will be recorded,...
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.
The Scottish government has introduced a hate crime law that broadens protections for marginalised groups but critics say it limits freedom of speech. Libby Brooks reportsOn Monday, the Scottish government introduced the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act. It is intended to consolidate existing hate crime laws, and also creates a new offence of “threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred” on the grounds of disability, religion, age, sexual orientation,...
The intervention that took place in this week’s Law & Order: Organized Crime went even worse than the one that took place in the show’s first season… which is really saying something. As the episode’s synopsis teased, Elliot and Randall confronted their younger brother, Joe Jr., about his heroin use (and possible selling) during a […]