It’s all hate crime now

I will confess from the outset that I’ve never been convinced about hate crime legislation, from experience it doesn’t hurt anymore if the people attacking you are calling you names or not, nor do I see why some forms of verbal harassment should be considered worse than another. Still slowly but surely the special interest groups are getting their favoured groups tagged onto an ever expanding list of people you mustn’t say nasty things about. Today it’s the turn of Goths and Rockers to joined the hallowed ranks of special victims, with Manchester police force recording attacks on members of … Continue reading

People armed with the law

an awesome video showing the power of people informed about the law to resist the illegal actions of court bailiffs and the banks, just because they usually get away with it doesn’t mean the law is on their side (H/T Katabasis). In vaguely related news Captain Ranty has a new home. +30

Strange goings on in Bexley

It would seem that the overly cozy relationship between Bexley council and the local police is still going strong into the new year, read more over at Bexley is Bonkers. For the short version when a judge decides that almost everything the police say is a fabrication well then Houston we have a problem. +5-1