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 []
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 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 […]
It’s easy to laugh at the latest example of SNP incompetence, but new hate crime laws will have serious consequences – not last for the police’s ability to solve actual crimes, says Paul Ormerod The Scottish hate crime law has been a prominent feature in the media ever since it came into force just over []
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
"This Is Crazy": Fetterman Tears Into 'Squatters Rights' Laws, Soft-On-Crime Policies Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has blasted the idea of “squatter’s rights,” questioning the laws that allow interlopers on a property to claim ownership over its rightful owner, calling it a case of “just breaking the law.” U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) walks toward the Senate Chambers in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2024. (Nathan...
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.
Far-right white nationalists are said to have bombarded Police Scotland with anonymous online gripes in a coordinated attempt to make light of laws which came into force last week.
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systemsNeo-Nazi and far-right agitators are exploiting Scotland’s new hate crime law to make vexatious complaints en masse in an attempt to “overwhelm” police systems.A prominent figure in England’s white nationalist movement is among those urging followers to spam Police Scotland with anonymous online reports, the Observer has found. Continue reading
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
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
Scottish police have warned that the controversial new hate speech law will force police to cut backs on the policing of actual crimes.