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Call for action after car boot businessman escapes hate blog punishment

By John Pring on 7th July 2016 Category: Crime

Call for action after car boot businessman escapes hate blog punishment
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A leading campaigner has called for a strategy to tackle “insidious” online posts that allow individuals to make “discriminatory and hostile statements” about disabled people without being punished by the criminal justice system. Stephen Brookes a coordinator of the Disability Hate […]

Police force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people

By John Pring on 23rd June 2016 Category: Crime

Police force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people
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A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer two separate incidents involving young autistic men to the police watchdog. One case referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) […]

Northants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again

By John Pring on 19th May 2016 Category: Crime

Northants police ‘fail again on hate crime’, after autistic man is attacked again
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A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now facing another complaint after officers ignored his family’s plea to investigate a second brutal attack. Daniel Smith was only finally able […]

‘Cruel and inept’ police locked up autistic man after he was attacked in hate crime

By John Pring on 5th May 2016 Category: Crime

‘Cruel and inept’ police locked up autistic man after he was attacked in hate crime
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A young autistic man was arrested and held in a police cell for nine hours without medical treatment after he was the victim of a vicious disability hate crime in a local park. Daniel Smith (pictured) was only finally able to […]

Crime stats ‘are wake-up call’ on link between ‘demonization’ and targeted violence

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Crime

Crime stats ‘are wake-up call’ on link between ‘demonization’ and targeted violence
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Disabled people in England and Wales are now almost three-and-half times more likely than non-disabled people to be a victim of serious violent crime, according to new research that has been described as “a wake-up call to politicians”. The new analysis […]

Police duo jailed over failure to protect disabled murder victim

By John Pring on 11th February 2016 Category: Crime

Police duo jailed over failure to protect disabled murder victim
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Disability hate crime campaigners have welcomed a judge’s decision to jail two members of police staff whose failures allowed the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection. Avon and Somerset police constable Kevin Duffy and community support […]

Most just stand by after witnessing hate crimes, says survey

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Crime

Most just stand by after witnessing hate crimes, says survey
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More than one in seven people have witnessed a disability hate crime or incident in the last year, according to a new survey released to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Disabled campaigners say the figures, published by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, […]

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’

By John Pring on 23rd December 2015 Category: Crime

Police misconduct convictions ‘show need for hate crime action’
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The conviction of two police employees for misconduct in the lead-up to the murder of a disabled man who had begged officers for protection from his killer proves the need to take disability hate crime more seriously, say campaigners. Avon and […]

Actor’s horror as disability hate crime ‘comes knocking on the door’

By John Pring on 13th November 2015 Category: Crime

Actor’s horror as disability hate crime ‘comes knocking on the door’
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A leading disability hate crime campaigner has blamed the government’s anti-benefits rhetoric for a verbal attack on the partner of a wheelchair-using Coronation Street actor. Cherylee Houston, who plays Izzy Armstrong in the soap, revealed on Twitter this week that a […]

Duncan Smith silent on calls for apology over ‘normal’ comments

By John Pring on 11th September 2015 Category: Politics

Duncan Smith silent on calls for apology over ‘normal’ comments
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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is facing fresh calls to quit or be fired after suggesting in the House of Commons that disabled people were not “normal”. Duncan Smith (pictured) told MPs during work and pensions questions this week […]

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