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
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.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The City of Myrtle Beach hosted a community discussion about hate crimes Monday evening. Officials from the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement led the conversation. The event "United Against Hate" focused on how to identify a hate crime or incident, report it and, ways to []
Timing is everything in politics, so it was splendidly appropriate that the launch week of Humza Yousaf's draconian hate crime law should culminate in yesterday's Old Firm derby.
Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
Salesforce shares fell Monday after reports that the cloud software company
Prime minister testified at inquiry into foreign interference that agency’s report of China meddling wasn’t relayed to himCanada’s spy agency is under pressure after Justin Trudeau and his closest advisers say they were never made aware of a report that Beijing “clandestinely and deceptively” interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.Canada is in the midst of a contentious public inquiry “examining and assessing” foreign interference by China, Russia, and other foreign states and...
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 fires that caused severe damage to the Fresno Ararat Armenian Cemetery Sunday afternoon were found to be arson, but not a hate crime, FOX26 News reports. According to the Fresno Fire Department, firefighters responded to the cemetery on Sunday for reports of several trees on fire in the clearly marked Armenian section of the cemetery, leading the …
Michigan State University is investigating an alleged hate crime. According to the university, an "aggravated assault" happened near the MSU Main Library on Circle Drive on Monday, Apr. 15, 2024.
Reported financial crimes rose by 15 percent last year, reaching an all-time high.