Submitted on Saturday 14th December 2024
Rejected on Thursday 6th February 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop Policing Non-Crime Hate Incidents: Focus on Serious Crime, Not Social Media
We urge the Government to ensure police prioritize serious crimes like violent offenses, organized crime, knife crime, domestic abuse, theft, and cybercrime. Police resources should focus on real threats to public safety, not on non-crime hate incidents or subjective speech matters.
ONS data shows a 10% rise in overall crime last year. Yet, significant police resources are allocated to non-crime hate incidents, social media posts, and speech matters. This diverts attention from serious crimes and undermines the UK’s proud tradition of free and open debate, fostering concerns of Orwellian overreach. We urge the Government to prioritize tackling harmful criminal threats while protecting the right to robust discussion without fear of disproportionate state intervention.
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Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701051
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