In Britain’s two-tier policing system, law-abiding citizens who try to report real dangers now risk prosecution for private mutterings inside their own vehicles, while actual criminals face little consequence.
A Glasgow father handed over dashcam footage after nearly being forced off the road, only for Police Scotland to charge him instead.
The case, detailed by Free Speech Union general secretary Toby Young in The Spectator, centers on a man referred to as Craig. He was driving his four-year-old son home to Glasgow after a day at an amusement park in Falkirk. Exiting the motorway, another vehicle cut him up, forcing him to swerve to avoid a collision. Suspecting the other driver was drunk, Craig called the police from his car. Both vehicles stopped; officers arrived, declined to breathalyze anyone, and took Craig’s dashcam footage to check for offenses.
A week later the officers returned the footage and informed him an offense had been committed – by him, not the other driver.
His “crime” was muttering the words “smelly black bastard” under his breath seconds after the near-miss.
As the article notes, the windows were closed, so no one outside the vehicle could have heard him. The other driver was not looking in his direction and could not have seen the words. The only person who might have heard was the four-year-old in the back.
