Post by Yorko on Nov 18, 2018 9:24:46 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6401779/The-DOG-accused-hate-crime-fouling-outside-home-just-one-2-500-cases-probed.html
We all know it’s irritating, unsightly and unhygienic, but one case of dog fouling has been logged by police as a racist hate crime.
The incident is among numerous alleged hate crimes uncovered by The Mail on Sunday that critics say are so petty they are undeserving of police time and expense.
Further examples in a list of more than 2,500 alleged ‘hate incidents’ logged by the Metropolitan Police in 2015 and 2016 include:
An envelope that had been opened and resealed;
An accident involving a car that bore a Remembrance poppy;
A disputed line call in a tennis match;
A dead rat found in a garden;
And a man telling library staff he was campaigning for Brexit.
The incident is among numerous alleged hate crimes uncovered by The Mail on Sunday that critics say are so petty they are undeserving of police time and expense.
Further examples in a list of more than 2,500 alleged ‘hate incidents’ logged by the Metropolitan Police in 2015 and 2016 include:
An envelope that had been opened and resealed;
An accident involving a car that bore a Remembrance poppy;
A disputed line call in a tennis match;
A dead rat found in a garden;
And a man telling library staff he was campaigning for Brexit.
