Christian arrested for preaching by 'heavy-handed' police wins £5,000
A Christian street preacher has won compensation for wrongful arrest over an unfounded homophobic 'hate crime ' incident. Police Scotland had to pay £5,500 to Angus Cameron, 52, after being detained.
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Imagine a "free" country where someone being offended is enough to get you arrested. No investigation no hearing out the other side. While being cuffed the police can't even tell you what is the exact thing you said that was considered offensive. Then caught lying over the phone about their wrongful act until the you have to get a freedom of info filed against your own police force to get a straight answer. The cherry on top of the cake the police lost the suit you filed against them. One would imagine this being China or Russia or some autocratic nation but this is Scotland, UK.
£5,500 is too little for what could have ended up in prison time. IMHO the police should pay at least 10x the amount and the specific officer should be jailed for the same time as an actual hate crime. Getting away paying with tax payers' money is unacceptable. But hey UK has been a "progressive" autocratic state for some time now.