Police Questioned Elderly Woman for ‘Hate Crime’ After She Honked Horn

Police Questioned Elderly Woman for ‘Hate Crime’ After She Honked Horn
A fuel station in London on Jan. 30, 2018. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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An elderly “pillar of the community” had to be questioned under UK so-called hate crime laws because she honked her horn at a woman who happened to be black, revealed a senior police commissioner.

Anthony Stansfeld, the police commissioner for Thames Valley, used the example as he called for a change to legislation that he said means anything “perceived” to be a hate crime has to be investigated.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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