Officers are said to have recieved a hate crime complaint every two minutes during the first days of the legislation.
Controversial legislation making it an offence to ‘stir up’ hatred came into force on Monday. Former police union chief claims officers have been forced to deal with as many as 3,800 complaintsPolice Scotland was deluged with almost 4,000 complaints in the first 48 hours of Humza Yousaf’s controversial hate crime laws coming into force.
It creates an offence of ‘stirring up’ hatred against people on grounds including transgender identity. Ms Rowling said: ‘If they go after any woman for simply calling a man a man, I’ll repeat that woman’s words and they can charge us both at once.’
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