Arrested for Use of the Word ‘Lesbian’
by Frank Haviland, The New Conservative:
Policing is currently at a crisis point in Britain. As almost 95% of crime goes unsolved, officer morale is down, and public trust at an all-time low. For all intents and purposes, the police are now much like the NHS—a non-service the taxpayer is forced to fund but cannot use. Which is why (again like the NHS) the wealthy bite the bullet and go private, as witnessed by the rise in private security.
From a government perspective, policing should never be anything other than a simple choice: either you opt for an even-handed, efficient constabulary which keeps the peace, or you allow the anarchy currently playing out on the streets of London, which has become a looter’s paradise.
What you absolutely cannot sustain (but what we’ve got nonetheless) is a far-left political lobby masquerading as a police force. This force favours the criminal at every juncture, arresting homeowners instead of burglars, threatening shopkeepers who stand up to shoplifters, and handcuffing members of the public who refuse to be held hostage by the next Just Stop Oil protest.
In lieu of real crimes, our increasingly laissez-faire constabularies have become enamoured of ‘hate incidents’—episodes where no actual crime takes place, but someone somewhere may have been offended. Particularly guilty in this respect are West Yorkshire Police, content to shirk their responsibilities in favour of monitoring ‘misgendering’ and ‘dead-naming.’ Earlier this month, Superintendent Helen Brear took the time to berate the public for accurately calling the latest junior officers ‘baby-faced,’ while in March the force decided to investigate an autistic schoolboy who scuffed a Koran, rather than those sending him death threats.
A ‘pick n’ mix’ approach to crime cannot work, but one triaged by identity politics is a recipe for disaster. Last week the force achieved a new low when they arrested a 16-year-old autistic girl who suffers from scoliosis, on suspicion of a “homophobic public order offence.” Her crime? Commenting to her mother that the female officer in attendance was “a lesbian like Nana.” The child had ironically been driven home (due to intoxication) after attending the Leeds’ Pride celebrations with her sister. The footage, widely-circulated on social media, is disturbing:
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