Scottish Hate Crime Reporting Down 99 Percent Since New Law Introduced

Data from Police Scotland have revealed a 99 percent downturn in the number of reports filed under controversial hate crime legislation, ministers said on Wednesday. When the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was enacted on April 1, it sparked a large number of claims in its first week, with 7,152 hate reports made online. However the number of reports has dropped dramatically in seven weeks. Minister for Community Safety of Scotland Siobhian Brown said in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday: “Recent Police Scotland data shows that the volume of reports at week seven has reduced by more than 99 percent from the first week of the act’s commencement.”...