The Same Drugs: The thought police are here for Harry Miller

Harry Miller is a former police officer from Humberside who was investigated by the police in 2020 over tweets. Although the officer who contacted him confirmed no crime was committed, one of the tweets, which included a poem Harry did not write, was recorded as a hate incident.

In February 2020, he won a landmark ruling against Humberside Police in the High Court. In his judgement, Mr Justice Knowles said that Harry's tweets were “not even in the foothills of harassment,” and compared Humberside Police’s actions to the Cheka, Stasi and Gestapo.

Knowles however found in favour of the College of Policing, ruling that its Hate Crime Operational Guidance (HCOG) was lawful. Miller is now appealing this element of the judgement on the basis that HCOG is not compatible with existing legislation, including the Equality Act and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Harry is taking his battle for free speech and against police harassment to the Court of Appeal, which will hear his case on March 8-10.

For reference: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-it-now-a-crime-to-like-a-poem-about-transgenderism-
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/miller-v-college-of-police-judgment.pdf

Fair Cop UK: https://www.faircop.org.uk/
Support Harry's case: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/challenging-thought-crime/
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