Siobhian Brown (pictured) says 'misinformation and hysteria' have led to wrongful assumptions about the legislation despite someone making a false complaint to police under her name.
Siobhian Brown admits police have been inundated with time-wasting reports. Enhanced law outlaws hatred based on age, disability, religion and trans identity. READ MORE:Scotland's justice minister has been forced to admit time-wasting complaints are being made to police under the country's controversial hate crime laws - including a false complaint made under her name.
Victims and community safety minister Ms Brown, meanwhile, has admitted that 'fake and vexatious' complaints are among those being made to police by ill-intentioned members of the public trying to poke holes in the law's efficacy. Rowling has received support from Elon Musk online. He has previously voiced his opposition to the hate crime laws
'I was surprised myself on Monday to receive a call from Police Scotland about my complaint - this was a fake complaint someone had done anonymously in my name, and gave my office number. These are a person's age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. He then adds: 'The Lord President is white, the Lord Justice Clerk is white, every High Court judge is white, the Lord Advocate is white, the Solicitor General is white, the chief constable is white, every deputy chief constable is white, every assistant chief constable is white, the head of the Law Society is white, the head of the Faculty of Advocates is white and every prison governor is white.
The video has been re-shared a number of times, including in the build-up to the new law taking effect - and is now believed to have been submitted to police a number of times as so-called evidence of the First Minister's racism. Trans newsreader India Willoughby accused Police Scotland of having 'star dust' in their eyes for failing to take action against JK Rowling over a string of tweets
READ MORE: Elon Musk backs JK Rowling over new hate crime law in Scotland after cops receive thousands of complaints Advertisement It has been universally condemned by the leaders of Scotland's political parties, and police are investigating. 'Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.'
Musk - who has a transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, who has distanced herself from her father - responded to the tweet with a fire emoji. Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser says the decision not to log a non-crime hate incident against Mr Yousaf 'reeked of political bias' Last night Calum Steele, the former general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said that around 3,800 cases were logged within the first 24 hours of the act coming into force Monday.
What is the Hate Crime Act? The Hate Crime and Public Order Act, passed in 2021, followed a review of hate crime legislation by Lord Bracadale. The law also applies to communication of material – for example on social media – in addition to comments or behaviour. When considering reasonableness, there must be 'particular regard' to the importance of the right to free speech – even when it is offensive, shocking or disturbing.
Ridiculing or even insulting someone's religion might be unwelcome – but it would not be criminal under the Hate Crime Act.No – it also applies to private homes, not just to comments or behaviour in public, raising the possibility that dinner party conversations could be criminalised. The Scottish Police Federation , representing rank-and-file officers, has warned that the Fringe festival in Edinburgh could be 'busier than normal' this summer, as officers may have to question comedians who are the subject of hate crime complaints.The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents has warned that activists could seek to 'weaponise' the new legislation.
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