Author’s comments on Monday relating to trans women were posted as new hate crime law came into force in Scotland
that described prominent transgender women activists as “men” will not be recorded as a non-crime hate incident, Police Scotland has said.The Harry Potter author challenged police to arrest her in a series of posts on X on Monday as the Scottish government’s contentiouscame into force, which she described as “wide open to abuse”. She listed sex offenders who had described themselves as transgender alongside well-known trans women activists, describing them as “men, every last one of them”.
While supporters of the act insist that the bar for prosecution is set “very high”, further concerns have been raised about the recording of “non-crime hate incidents” that do not meet the criminal threshold and are based on the perception of the victim or a bystander.Scotland is now reviewing its procedures after a court of appeal ruling stated that a similar policy in England could have an effect on freedom of expression.
Police Scotland confirmed that no crime had been committed in this case, nor was a non-crime hate incident recorded.programme that “misinformation” and publicity had led to the high number of reports, adding that a “fake complaint” had been made using her name and contact details.She insisted that the extended “stirring up” offence had a “very, very high threshold for criminality”.
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