Have the Police Lost Common Sense? The Politicisation of Policing in the UK.
from New Culture Forum:
This time on #NCFCounterCulture we discuss the politicization of policing in the UK. Has the police’s support for politically active groups such as BLM & Stonewall, its double standards / selective policing of different protests and its controversial recording of “non-crime hate incidents”, eroded public trust and confidence?
What should we make of last week’s news that the Home Secretary Priti Patel wants the police to stop recording these “non-hate crime incidents” over fears that the College of Policing’s policy is blighting employment prospects and curbing free speech.
Joining Peter Whittle to discuss these and many other policing issues are:
* Harry Miller of the “Fair Cop” campaign group, which campaigns against attempts to criminialise individuals for expressing opinions that do not contravene any laws. Harry achieved national fame after he was investigated by police for posting a poem on Twitter.
A “cohesion officer” from Humberside Police telephoned Harry and told him that, while his tweets had not broken any laws, he should “check his thinking” and not engage in political debate on Twitter “because some people don’t like it”. The officer cited 30 ‘potentially offensive tweets’, but the police have so far refused to identify the tweets they deem to be offensive. Although no crime was committed, sharing the poem online was recorded as a hate incident.
* Rafe Heydel-Mankoo of the New Culture Forum. Historian and commentator.
See also:
Why do the police have favourites? from Christian Concern: In a guest post, Harry Miller (Fair Cop) compares how different groups are treated by police when they critique or offend other religions and beliefs.
The criminal justice system has been captured by gender-identity ideology, by Kate Coleman, Conservative Home
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