Where the money went is a legitimate question, but it is abominable that the Daily Mail, the worst paper in the Western world, wants more Thoughtcrime prosecutions.
“This is money that could have been used to invest in additional police officers and protect Londoners from a whole host of crimes.”
Indeed. Even real ones.
“Sadiq Khan’s £1.7million Twitter ‘Hate Crime Hub’ has prosecuted just six trolls in two years,” by Martin Beckford, Mail on Sunday, October 5, 2019 (thanks to Henry):
Just six internet trolls have been brought to justice by a £1.7million ‘Twitter squad’ set up by London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan.
He promised a zero-tolerance stance towards abuse on social media when the police unit was launched more than two years ago.
But the Online Hate Crime Hub – staffed by five Scotland Yard officers including a senior detective – led to just a handful of successful prosecutions, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Not one of the trolls was jailed.
Last night London Police and Crime Committee member Susan Hall called it an ‘exercise in spin over substance’.
She added: ‘This is money that could have been used to invest in additional police officers and protect Londoners from a whole host of crimes.’…
A spokesman for Mr Khan said the hub helped ‘support victims’, adding: ‘The Met has made huge progress in tackling all forms of hate crime but it’s clear more needs to be done.’