TRANSGENDERThe BBC being deliberately misleading - “no evidence it was a hate crime” say police, but the BBC don’t say what identity group the victim is and therefore why people might think it’s a hate crime.

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[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Ah. Well glad they fixed it then.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, i posted the thread because it took them so long to correct the story that I wondered whether they had adopted some editorial rule about mentioning sex or transgender status.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is a problem but the way it usually works is they go out of their way to identify victims as trans and then go out of their way to not mention it for the attackers. That skews statistics so they make it seem like "trans genocide" is a thing and also makes it seem like "women" are now suddenly committing violent crimes.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the Scottish Trans Rapist situation might have brought an end to identifying sex offenders as women if they identify as trans.

The police stating that they don’t believe it to be a hate crime is a welcome change too, a year ago they would have done so on the say-so of any random who claimed it was. The way hate crime status in the UK used to be assigned is that anyone including the reporting officer and interested but uninvolved parties could simply “perceive” it to be and it was. The guidance issued by the College of Policing seems to have changed somewhat.