HUMZA Yousaf has backed police recording “non-crime hate incidents” after a Tory MP claimed the authorities were cracking down on free speech.
Murdo Fraser threatened to take Police Scotland to court for keeping a record of a hate claim against him despite concluding he had not committed a crime
But Yousaf said the policy of keeping reports on record even where no crime had been committed allowed police to spot patterns of “hatred”. “That behaviour might not be criminal but they can then see a pattern, be it in a particular geography or be it in particular parts of the country, and they can see any patterns that might be emerging.Fraser has claimed the police are acting “unlawfully” and said he will take legal action unless his record his scrubbed.
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