We’re not thought police, insists new chief inspector of constabulary

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www.thetimes.co.uk/article/be7ea988-d469-11ec-bb99-1bcd45646516?shareToken=378066b017be616d72be5f8378347cd8

Do we think they are reading the room?

At last someone with abit of sense. The problem is it's far easier to arrest someone for writing something offensive on line rather than solving real crimes.

I'll believe when whingers like Paisley get told to shove it (or even better, charged with wasting police time with vexatious complaints) next time they find a sticker.

Well he seems to be talking the talk but only time will tell if he can walk the walk

I'd very much like to know why the College of Policing is still 'reflecting' on the Miller judgement of last December. I wonder what this 'reflecting' involves - maybe it's along the lines of 'shall we, the CoP, bother ourselves with what the court has judged to be the correct thing to do?' Apparently their website still reflects the law as they want it to be.

Good.

I agree especially with.

He said that hate crime was clearly outlined in legislation as the point that police needed to intervene — when unpleasant thoughts turned into action

And I wish Mumsnet would take the same approach. You can say or think whatever you like as soon as you crystallize it into actions then you have an issue. Currently far too much comes under hate speech on here.

I'm not sure this section of Mumsnet will be quite so enthusiastic as he singled out transphobia and misogyny. And I'm sure on here misogyny will be demanded to be actioned whilst still at the thought/word stage before manifesting itself into actions.

But as a free speech absolutist I believe anyone should be able to say what they like (and be as offensive as they want) but the moment it turns into actions that break the law it needs enforcement. This seems to be heading in the right direction.