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Great news via WeAreFairCop! Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) are/were a threat to #freespeech in the UK — like @WeAreFairCop and @BadLawTeam, the FSU has supported people who've fallen foul of this sinister form of thoughtpolicing.
Here's a brief 🧵on the history of the NCHI...
Here's a brief 🧵on the history of the NCHI...
Back in 2014, the College of Policing's original guidelines defined NCHIs as incidents “perceived by the victim or any others to be motivated by hostility or prejudice”. Around 20,000 NCHIs have been recorded per year since then.
spiked-online.com/2022/06/01/the…
spiked-online.com/2022/06/01/the…
At the time, NCHIs could be:
1⃣ Reported by the victim or by any other person who witnessed the incident.
2⃣ Recorded irrespective of whether there was any objective evidence to identify the hate element.
They also showed up in enhanced DBS checks for potential employees.
1⃣ Reported by the victim or by any other person who witnessed the incident.
2⃣ Recorded irrespective of whether there was any objective evidence to identify the hate element.
They also showed up in enhanced DBS checks for potential employees.
Here is a story about antisemitism on the British left.
Last May, Israel fought a brief war in the Gaza strip: over ten days they destroyed forty schools, four hospitals, and nearly a thousand buildings; they also snuffed out around 250 human lives.
Last May, Israel fought a brief war in the Gaza strip: over ten days they destroyed forty schools, four hospitals, and nearly a thousand buildings; they also snuffed out around 250 human lives.
I went to a protest against the war in central London, not because I really thought it could change anything, but out of the usual obscure sense of duty and guilt. It was a fun day out. There were thousands of us there, filling up the streets; I kept running into people I knew.
I kept running into people I knew. Most of them were—like me—Jewish. Afterwards, I discovered that the protest had actually, according to much of the press, been an orgy of antisemitic hate.
Mostly, this hate took the form of placards comparing Netanyahu to Hitler
Mostly, this hate took the form of placards comparing Netanyahu to Hitler
Today felt like a good day in the fight for #freespeech and #freedomofexpression.
Police forces are “not the thought police” said the new Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Andy Cooke.
“Thoughts, unless they become actions, aren’t an offence”, he added.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Police forces are “not the thought police” said the new Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Andy Cooke.
“Thoughts, unless they become actions, aren’t an offence”, he added.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
As @Tom_Slater_ pointed out for the @spectator, however, the fact that Cooke felt he had to make that intervention reminds us just how bad things have become in English #policing in recent years.
spectator.co.uk/article/is-thi…
spectator.co.uk/article/is-thi…
Cooke is clearly keen to push back – or at least be seen to be pushing back – against the rise of thought policing in our country...
express.co.uk/news/uk/140669…
express.co.uk/news/uk/140669…
I’m not at liberty to disclose our whereabouts (“safety reasons”) but I have the great pleasure to be joined by a panel of experts to discuss non crime hate incidents and free speech. Watch this space. @WeAreFairCop. @toadmeister @HarryTheOwl101
Prof Peter Ramsay, LSE, approaches the issue from a criminal law theory perspective revealing the contradictions at the heart of non crime hate incidents #FreeSpeech
Dr Amit Pundik is now exploring/questioning the predictive value of non crime hate incidents. #NCHI
