How can you defend yourself when the police will not tell you what you did?

a reply to: Freeborn

I do not like to talk or bring up the IRA but that is what I was talking about. It was quite an issue right?

a reply to: matafuchs

I agree that this isn't the time or place to discuss the IRA and The Troubles.....but that was a very small percentage of Irish Republican terrorists, hardly the same as the topic under discussion.

I'd gladly discuss The Troubles with you and others in a separate thread.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

It's more or less the same over here.

I've never heard of anyone being arrested and not be told the details of the alleged crime. Once arrested everyone is allowed legal representation. You may then be questioned under caution.

The police can ask someone to come in and be questioned whilst not under caution but that is voluntary and again a person can have legal representation.

I have never heard of anything remotely like a 'non-crime hate incident' - if its not a crime why are the police involved?

For anyone who like me had no idea what a 'non-crime hate indicent' is.

A non-crime incident is an event that is perceived to be motivated by prejudice or hostility, but does not constitute a crime. Examples of non-crime incidents include:
Hate incidents
An incident that is motivated by prejudice or hostility, such as someone shouting abuse at you from their car
Antisocial behavior
Incidents such as littering, graffiti, vandalism, or rowdy behavior in public
Online posts
An incident where someone is offended by an online post, such as a Christian person who is offended by an interpretation of the Bible that they believe undermines their faith
School incidents
An incident that occurs on school premises and is motivated by prejudice or hostility, such as refusing to work with another pupil because they are from a specific national background

The Non-Crime Hate Incidents Code of Practice provides guidance to the police on how to record non-crime hate incidents. The code of practice includes:
Clarifying that debate, humor, satire, and personally-held views are not grounds for recording an NCHI
Stating that an NCHI should not be recorded if the report is deemed trivial, irrational, or malicious
Providing information on how to take the right to freedom of expression into account when recording an NCHI

That is just shear #ing stupidity.