The Hate Crime Act which comes into force on Monday could lead to trust in the police being damaged, the president of the body which represents senior Police Scotland officers says.
“Or potentially in cases where people are trying to actually actively use the legislation to score points against people who sit on the other side of a particularly controversial debate. The ASPS president has previously written to a Holyrood committee, voicing fears that those on the “activist fringe” of political viewpoints could seek to “weaponise” the law.
“But I think it is incumbent on me to say that the new offences in relation to stirring up are hugely important. He said he did not disagree with the senior officer, in that the fact police need to make a judgment on what constitutes a criminal offence is “not new”.
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