AR "Absolutely we have seen like an epidemic almost of Hate Crime being reported.. more and more people reporting, more and more having the courage to report.
So Susie Green, Mermaids, TRA trainers etc teach what is 'hate crime' and there is an epidemic of reporting?
This does not mean that there is a rise in actual crimes/transphobia etc
Sonewall reports about rising transphobic hate crimes are self-selecting surveys where respondants describe what they believe to be hate crimes.
Susie Green CEO Mermaids has apparently made numerous reports of 'hate crime' another Mermaids volunteer (Helen Islan) pursued a case against Miranda Yardley (who is transsexual) with allegations of transphobia. None of Susie Green's complaints seem to have resulted in the police making charges (yet?) & Helen Islan's allegation which was taken forward by CPS was dismissed by the judge.
article by Miranda Yardley,
When a Transsexual is Prosecuted for ‘Transgender Hate Crime’
POSTED ON 16TH MARCH 2019 BY MIRANDA
(extract)
"On Friday 1 March, ten months of uncertainty and fear for my public reputation came to an end as a District Judge told a CPS prosecutor that the prosecution they were bringing against me for harassment under s2 of the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 was a baseless, politically motivated case and should never have come to court. I was awarded costs from the CPS, and this bizarre farce where a transsexual was being prosecuted for ‘transgender hate crime’ reached an abrupt end. After all this, there was no case to answer.
fHaving listened to two hours of evasive video evidence from a complainant who continually hid behind her claims to be protecting her ‘transgender son’, the judge had lost patience. Addressing the prosecutor he asked ‘where is the evidence?’, the prosecutor seemed almost embarrassed, admitting this was essentially a single tweet and the complainant’s rambing, incoherent testimony. The judge responded that the Crown had failed to establish a ‘course of conduct’ and that there ‘never was a case’. Game over.
This was a bizarre case where I, a transsexual who transitioned over a decade ago, was charged with a ‘transgender hate crime’ against someone who is not transgender. A spat on Twitter in February 2018 had led to a police complaint, in the April I was visited at my door by two police officers from my local force acting on behalf of West Yorkshire Police. The officers told me I was to attend the police station to be interviewed under caution for ‘hate crime’, harassment and malicious communications. I attended voluntarily, and after the reading of a prepared statement I responded ‘no comment’ to questions. Following this, I had biometric samples taken including fingerprinting.
Ironically, what this case has demonstrated is what we have seen as a ‘course of conduct’ from transgender activists and in particular from the transgender advocacy charity Mermaids: the complainant Helen Islan is a volunteer with this charity, providing marketing and social media services to the charity. Islan had accused me of ‘doxing’ her ‘transgender son’, on the basis of my having tweeted the first page of a Google search of her name. This contained a small image of her and her children from one of her own social media accounts." (continues)
mirandayardley.com/en/when-a-transsexual-is-prosecuted-for-transgender-hate-crime/
see also,
mirandayardley.com/en/regina-v-miranda-yardley-more-darvo-from-helen-islan/