Hate Crimes

Although we tend to think that we are the only ones with problems here in Amsterdam its not true ....

(Edinburgh, Scotland) 

An examination of police complaints across Scotland reveals a tripling of hate crimes against members of the LGBT community, The Daily Record newspaper reported Monday.

The paper said that the situation may be worse than what it uncovered. A spokesperson for one police force admitted to The Record that it does not keep records on crimes based on the victim’s sexuality.

Of those forces which do keep records, the number of hate crimes has jumped from only a handful three years ago to the hundreds this year. The worst area was Strathclyde, where 50 crimes were reported in 2005, but so far this year, 216 have been reported.

Scottish civil rights leaders called the results of the study “horrific” and “appalling.”

source: 365Gay