How lefty NGOs brought the Gardaí to define a ‘hate crime’ as something ‘perceived’ – Gript

According to the Gardaí, there were 582 reported “hate and hate related incidents” in 2022, which represented a 29% increase on the 448 in 2021.

It’s worth reminding ourselves of the Garda definition of what constitutes ‘hate’:

“A hate related discriminatory motive is recorded based on a perception test,” the Garda Press Office says.

Perception is the new reality, and all that.

“This means that if the victim or any other person perceives the incident was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on one of the nine protected characteristics it is recorded as such.”

And they go on to explain that:

“‘Any other person’ may include a witness, family members/relatives or friends, Garda personnel, Non-Governmental or Civil Society Organisations who have knowledge of the victim, alleged crime or scenario or a support worker or professional with particular knowledge of the victim, alleged crime or scenario.”

And there’s more:

“No corroborating evidence is required in order to make a report and we strongly encourage all those who have experienced hate related crimes/incidents to report these to us.”

‘No corroborating evidence’? That’s a dramatic shift in what might constitute a crime, and it has happened without debate save on this and a few other minor platforms, at the behest of NGOs who make a living out of seeing racism everywhere.

The Garda statistics are remarkably similar to the 600 incidents reported by the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) and the 404 incidents that the organisation reported in 2021.

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How lefty NGOs brought the Gardaí to define a ‘hate crime’ as something ‘perceived’ – Gript