Home Secretary Priti Patel is instructing the police to investigate real crimes, rather than “hurt feelings”, following the Court of Appeal’s ruling on so-called non-crime hate incidents. She will look to enshrine the code in law by amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. A Government source said: “We want officers to focus on policing actual crime, not hurt feelings.”We want officers to focus on policing actual crime, not hurt feelings. “Some current practices are having a dangerous impact on free speech and potentially stopping people expressing their views. At the time, a Home Office source said: “These so-called ‘non-crime hate incidents’ have a chilling effect on free speech and potentially stop people expressing views legally and legitimately.

Source: The Times December 23, 2021 09:09 UTC