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UK Police Probed ‘Hate Incident’ after Woman Hung Dirty Pants on Washing Line
UK Police Probed ‘Hate Incident’ after Woman Hung Dirty Pants on Washing Line
Police recorded a soiled pair of underwear hung on a washing line as a non-crime hate incident (NCHI), it has emerged.
In September 2021, a woman complained to North Wales Police that her neighbours had “hung a very large soiled pair of underpants on their washing line” for the past two months.
The force recorded it as a hate incident because the complainant had an Italian surname and the underwear was first put on the washing line in July that year. That month, Italy defeated England on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the final of football’s European Championships.
The incident, disclosed by North Wales Police under freedom of information laws, comes as police face increasing scrutiny for their handling of “hate” incidents.
The incident summary reports: “Known offenders have hung a very large soiled pair of underpants on their washing line, they have been there for over two months.
“The IP [injured party] believes that [they] are aimed at her because she has an Italian surname and it is in regards to the football.”
Some 13,000 NCHIs were recorded over a year up until this June.
Other incidents recorded recently included a person who refused to shake hands in an alleged gender row and a “rough” haircut reported by a customer who claimed his barber was “aggressive” following a discussion about the war in Ukraine.
Further “ridiculous” claims included a German woman being offended at being compared to a rottweiler and a neighbour who deemed it homophobic to be referred to as “Leonard” in a hedge dispute.
Last week it emerged that children are among thousands of people being investigated by police for non-crime hate incidents.
Police forces recorded an incident against a nine-year-old who called a primary school classmate a “retard” and another against two secondary school girls who said that another pupil smelt “like fish”.
On Thursday, the head of the police standards body warned that the way police are recording non-crime incidents threatens to undermine public confidence in officers.
Source : Yahoo news
