A comedian and a former policeman reprimanded by the police for making public comments on transgender issues have backed a new lobby group set up to push for police guidelines to be changed.
Fair Cop, launched this week, argued that British police are misusing hate crime laws to “harass” those who question whether trans women should be able to identify as women and access female-only spaces, by saying any complaints had to be recorded.
Read article: New UK lobby group calls for change to police rules over trans comments
People warned by the police over comments they made about transgender issues are launching a pressure group and legal action next week, challenging “Big Brother interference” with their free speech rights.
The Fair Cop campaign is headed by Harry Miller, 54, from Lincolnshire, who was visited at work in January by Humberside police for retweeting a limerick that said trans women had silicone breasts. The force admitted there was no crime, but described it as a “hate incident” and said it would be monitoring Miller’s and his wife’s social media accounts.
Read article: Police are criminalising opinions, say campaigners
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