The Harry Potter author challenged Scotland's new hate crime law by describing several transgender women as men.
Humza Yousaf said he was "not surprised" police had assessed JK Rowling's online posts challenging the new hate crime law to be non-criminal.
"protects the most vulnerable and marginalised in our in society" while also safeguarding "freedom of expression and freedom of speech".Mr Yousaf told BBC Scotland News: "Those new offenses that have been created by the act have a very high threshold for criminality."So it doesn't deal with people just being offended or upset or insulted.
He said: "This decision means Police Scotland have not only breached their own policy on recording non-crime hate incidents, but now appear to be making it up as they go along."She said Police Scotland had "bottled it" and she was "disappointed" that no action was being taken against Ms Rowling.programme: "The hate crime bill says if you're in one those groups and something causes you fear or upset then it's a potential hate crime.
"If somebody out there was campaigning against another group and made a list which contained rapists and sex offenders and, in amongst them, included four innocent people from that group and deliberately misgendered them, I think that constitutes incitement. Why else would you be linking them?
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