A retired policeman visited by his local force after tweeting about transgender rights has won a court battle over free speech after judges said that his treatment could have a “chilling effect on public debate”.
The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously today that the “hate crime operational guidance” from the College of Policing unlawfully breached Harry Miller’s human rights.
The ruling calls into question potentially thousands of other matters recorded since the guidance was issued in 2014.
Read article: Free speech victory for trans tweet ex-policeman Harry Miller at Appeal Court | News | The Times
An appeals court has ruled in favour of ex-police officer Harry Miller, declaring that “gender critical” comments should not have been classed as “hate incidents” by police.
Read article: Harry Miller: Court rules gender critical tweets are not hate incidents
A major victory has been won for free speech in England. The Court of Appeal has ruled that so-called non-crime hate incidents can no longer be recorded by police. The case was brought by Harry Miller, one of the thousands of ordinary Britons to have this black mark put against his name, merely for expressing his views. Back in 2019, Miller, a Humberside businessman and former policeman, was investigated by police over some allegedly ‘transphobic’ tweets. One was a limerick that Miller had retweeted. Though no crime had been committed, the police recorded the tweets as a non-crime hate
A former police officer from Lincolnshire has won a Court of Appeal challenge over police guidance on “hate incidents” after claiming it unlawfully interferes with the right to freedom of expression.
Read article: Ex-cop wins court appeal over police guidance on ‘hate incidents’ – Lincolnshire Live
Court decisions don’t often call for three cheers, but today’s Court of Appeal determination in the Harry Miller case is an exception. Essentially the judges have told the police to rewrite the rules on recording what they see as hate incidents.
Read article: Harry Miller’s ‘transphobic tweets’ victory is a win for Priti Patel | The Spectator
A former police officer has won a Court of Appeal challenge over police guidance on “hate incidents” after claiming it unlawfully interferes with the right to freedom of expression.
Read article: Former police officer wins appeal over ‘hate incident’ guidance | Gazette
Harry Miller won an important victory today
Read article: Farewell to the ‘non-hate crime incident’ – The Post
Police guidance on the recording of ‘hate incidents’ unlawfully interferes with the right to freedom of expression, the Court of Appeal ruled today.
The College of Policing’s guidance requiring forces to record incidents perceived to be ‘motivated by a hostility or prejudice against a person’ as ‘non-crime hate incidents’ – irrespective of any evidence of ‘hate’ – encourages conduct which violates Article 10 of the ECHR, the court held in Miller v The College of Policing.
Read article: Court of Appeal rules police ‘hate incidents’ guidance unlawful | News | Law Gazette
Read article: Former police officer wins appeal over ‘hate incident’ guidance | The Independent
Read article: Ex-officer whose ‘transphobic’ tweets were recorded as a ‘hate incident’ WINS landmark victory | Daily Mail Online
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