Dog accused of ‘racist hate crime’ for pooing outside someone’s front door

A dog has been blamed for a racial hate crime for fouling outside the front door of somebody’s home.

The poo-and-run is among 2,500 reported cases of hate crimes logged by the Met Police because ‘the victim perceived this to be a racial incident’.

Other allegations investigated by officers in 2015 and 2016 included an envelope being opened and resealed and a man telling library staff he was campaigning for Brexit.

The 2,507 alleged hate incidents were revealed after a Freedom of Information request by the The Mail on Sunday.

In the dog fouling incident, the log read: ‘An unknown dog has fouled outside of victim address and victim perceived this to be a racial incident.’

In another case, it was suggested a barking dog was a hate crime. Police wrote: ‘Suspect’s dog barking at victim.’

David Davies, Tory MP and former special constable, said the recording of such ‘non-crimes’ was a waste of police time.

‘This is part of the reason that police struggle to investigate serious offences such as home burglaries,’ he told the paper.

‘People need to start thinking more carefully before they call the police.’

magica wrote:This just shows how stupid this country is.

eddie wrote:

magica wrote:This just shows how stupid this country is.

People, Mags, people are stupid. Suddenly, we’ve all become victims!  What’s happened to the “Oh well shit happens!” attitude?

*THE Ben Reilly* wrote:

eddie wrote:

magica wrote:This just shows how stupid this country is.

People, Mags, people are stupid. Suddenly, we’ve all become victims!  What’s happened to the “Oh well shit happens!” attitude?

Well, she obviously meant the people in the country, as opposed to the land