Siobhian Brown admits police have been inundated with time-wasting reports. Enhanced law outlaws hatred based on age, disability, religion and trans identity.
Scotland 's justice minister has been forced to admit time-wasting complaints are being made to police under the country's controversial hate crime laws - including a false complaint made under her name. Siobhian Brown says 'misinformation and hysteria' have led to wrongful assumptions about the legislation - adding that one of the 4,000 complaints made to Police Scotland since it came into effect was submitted by someone pretending to be her.
Police sources have suggested that First Minister Humza Yousaf has been the subject of the most complaints - after a speech he made following the death of George Floyd in the US was taken out of context and shared online by far-right activist
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