Policing in the UK puts the Gestapo to shame.

Beyond Orwell and Kafka: British police can arrest a citizen or have them placed on a “hate register” if a social media post or other action is perceived as “ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment or dislike.” It you think this couldn’t happen in Canada, look no further than the Carney government’s proposed Bill C-9.
U.K. POLICING OF HATE CRIMES SHOULD BE A WARNING TO CANADA
“If you want to find out how bad it can be when police are allowed to decide what is hateful, look no further than the U.K., where an average of 30 people a day are arrested for offensive comments.
“Then there are the people — about 13,000 a year — who are not arrested but put on a register for “non-crime hate incidents.” [They can] get on that register if a neighbour “perceives” they are being targeted.
“With a new bill, C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, the Liberals would hand over to the police the power to decide what is hate. The bill would repeal the requirement for the attorney general to lay hate charges, “streamlining the process for law enforcement to more effectively address such cases,” says the bill, rather innocently.
“By removing this step, law enforcement would be able to act quickly to counter hate speech and protect communities,” it says.
“Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, worries that the new bill could impact free speech and lead to more prosecutions.
““Creating new offences for hate-motivated crimes and lowering safeguards like attorney general oversight is unnecessary and invites excessive prosecutions,” she says in a statement .
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