London Police Edit ‘Thought Crime’ Threat After Ridicule Online

breitbart ^ | LIAM DEACON

[davikkm]

People can be “charged” with an “offence” if their actions are within the law but their “reasons for doing it” are perceived as illegal hate by others, London police have said, before withdrawing the claim. Social media users began drawing attention to the Metropolitan force’s new, and highly unusual, definition of a ‘hate crime’ on the 16th of this month. It remained like that until the 18th, according to Google cache, before the police edited it again on Monday.

The definition did not match that given by the College of Policing or Crown Prosecution Service, and critics online claimed it could be read as a threat against “thought crimes”.

Breitbart London asked the Metropolitan Police for comment on their change of heart over hate crime, but no reply had been received at the time of publication.

“London’s Metropolitan Police inform you that you can be arrested for doing something that isn’t illegal, if someone else thinks you had bad thoughts while doing it,” joked U.S. commentator Jeff Jacoby.

“In 21st century Britain you could be charged with a hate crime, if ANYONE THINKS your actions could have been motivated by hate,” added another Twitter user.

“The Met seems to imply that a person can face two charges, one for the assault, and another for ‘their reasons for doing it.’ That is not true,” added criminal barrister Matthew Scott in an extensive blog post.

[davikkm]

Some of the Police REALLY don’t like it when you make public the things they are trying to do. Sunlight is the best medicine as they say, and these Common Purpose drones like to threaten people from the shadows.

That will not work with us any more boys. Our country is at stake.

By the way - I think that many muslims seem to hate us. Can you arrest some please.

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[MeganC]

I think that all liberals who breathe air only do so out of a profound and pervasive hatred of Islam.

They should all be in jail!!!

[I want the USA back]

Well, they changed the words, but nothing changes. The UK is still promoting m*slim expansion, and actively suppressing anyone who complains.

[SaveFerris]

[ London Police Edit ‘Thought Crime’ Threat After Ridicule Online ]

[Flick Lives]

Never mind the correction. The fact that anyone in the Metropolitan Police force was stupid enough to write the original version is disturbing. That the thought of such an SJW notion of law would even cross their mind shows they are corrupt.

[Regulator]

Why are we still defending this decrepit, dead island?

Time to leave them to their fate. Never again will anyone in my family die to “free” them.

[lump in the melting pot]

Sounds like Airstrip One is well on its way toward perfecting socialism.

[dirtymac]

yes the London politicos and police really hate it when someone criticizes Muslims for raping and prostituting English children. Now you can’t even think that raping and prostituting children is a bad thing.

[Tench_Coxe]

"In 21st century Britain you could be charged with a hate crime, if ANYONE THINKS your actions could have been motivated by hate"

Orwell was off by 34 years.

[glasseye]

I agree.
No more trips to GB, the one I fondly remember is no more.
Must suck to be a ‘subject’...

[Trillian]

This is what the communists here want. You can’t make a bad comment about those who wish to enslave, rape and/or murder you.

[Architect of Avalon]

Communicating about the deadly danger presented by the hordes of homicidal savages who have been allowed to invade the country is labeled hate.

[Retvet]

Talk about TOTALITARIANISM.

[Bonemaker]

What's with the Dick's of the world?
Ms Cressida Dick, Commissioner of Metro Police

We are so constrained....read at your own peril only if you appreciate the English language😂 http://is-a-cunt.com/2017/04/cressida-dick/t

[libertylover]

critics online claimed it could be read as a threat against “thought crimes”.

I don't see how it could be read any other way.

[SuperLuminal]

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[WMarshal]

Here is my take on it: “Taxes upset me and I feel that they are assault on my freedom therefor they are a hate crime and I do not have to pay them.”

Let us see how far that argument would go with our greedy, SJW overlords.

[WMarshal]

“Why are we still defending this decrepit, dead island?”

I totally agree. If we must defend The UK l then we should force everyone on that island to pass a physical and an IQ test to stay in the territory that America defends. For those that fail I suggest that we give them a mandatory spray tan, a guide on how to rape German women, and then dump them on Mutt Merkel, she loves rapey idiots.