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Library’s promotion of “hate crime”

84 replies

Chocolatemice · 19/01/2020 15:09

West Midlands, where it is apparently impossible to keep police stations open. Went to Blackheath library and came across a poster saying it is a designated point for reporting hate crimes.

Am I the only woman who would now find that library designated a dangerous place to be?

What is so special about “hate crimes” that they have specially designated places to report them, and yet people have nowhere to go about real crimes?

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74NewStreet · 19/01/2020 15:27

Do they define hate crimes? Bet wrong think is included and misogyny ignored.

SarahTancredi · 19/01/2020 15:27

Hate crime is not just about the victims ut can be reported by anyone who feels offended even if it wasnt aimed at them nor taken in an offeded way by said victim.

Its probably not the best idea to have a public place where there will he children potentially the venue for arguments

CuckooCuckooClock · 19/01/2020 15:25

Eh?
Why would anyone report a crime to a library?
Surely a crime is a police matter rather than a library matter?

Saucery · 19/01/2020 15:24

And I bet the training staff have received for that amounts to the square root of fuck all. Or it’s a teeny tiny little drop-in run by police if you’re lucky, some other underpaid frontline officer if not.

PlanDeRaccordement · 19/01/2020 15:22

Why would a library now be unsafe if victims can go there to report hate crimes? It’s not for the criminals to go to.....

PlanDeRaccordement · 19/01/2020 15:19

? How so? The nearest police station to that library is 3.8 miles away.

Aesopfable · 19/01/2020 15:15

'Hate crimes' are real crimes: they are actual crimes that are motivated by hate. As such should be reported to the police who should investigate and if evidence is found taken to court who should weigh the evidence to decide if an actual crime has taken place or not.

Gronky · 19/01/2020 15:15

How does being able to report hate crimes make the library unsafe?

SarahTancredi · 19/01/2020 15:13

Am I the only woman who would now find that library designated a dangerous place to be?

Given sex is the only thing not covered by hate crime criteria then yes I would now feel that library was the least safe place for me to go..