Tory MSP Threatens Police With Legal Action Over ‘Hate’ Record

Published on March 25, 2024

A Scottish Conservative politician is considering legal action against the police after he discovered a post he made criticising the government’s transgender policy was logged as a non-crime hate incident. Murdo Fraser, who is being supported by the Free Speech Union, claimed the recording is “unlawful” and accused police of breaching the Data Protection Act, the Human Rights Act, and the Equality Act. Police Scotland defended the use of non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) to The Epoch Times, saying that “seemingly low-level or minor events can have a significant impact on someone who may already be very vulnerable.” On Nov. 18, 2023, Mr. Fraser posted a link on social media platform X to a Scotsman article by columnist Susan Dalgety about the Scottish Government’s “Non-Binary Equality Plan,” which had been published earlier that week....

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