25 Percent of ‘Hate Crimes’ Shouldn’t Have Been Recorded by Police, Watchdog Finds

Published on September 11, 2024

The police are recording too many incidents as “hate crimes” and getting involved in disputes that include “hurt feelings,” because people have different perspectives and strong opinions, the police watchdog has warned in a new report. A review of 120 sample cases of so-called “Non-Crime Hate Incidents” (NCHIs) and hate crimes found that a quarter should not have been recorded by the police at all. Examples included an incident when a man reported members of the public for giving him “funny looks,” which he claimed were down to his ethnic appearance. This resulted in the recording of an NCHI, with a police officer appearing to take it seriously. Another case involved a man reporting a cashier for being “racist” for carrying out money-laundering checks as he was trying to deposit a significant amount of cash....

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