Editing Hate crime (section)

====== Non-crime hate incidents ======
In March 2024, [[Scottish Conservatives]] MSP [[Murdo Fraser]] threatened [[Police Scotland]] with legal action following his criticism of the [[Scottish Government]]'s transgender policy was logged as a "hate incident" after being told that his name appears in police records for expressing his view about the policy even though no crime was committed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bol |first=David |date=25 March 2024 |title=Murdo Fraser accuses police of 'unlawful' behaviour after tweet recorded as 'hate incident' |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/murdo-fraser-accuses-police-of-unlawful-behaviour-after-tweet-recorded-as-hate-incident-4567214 |access-date=25 March 2024 |work=The Scotsman}}</ref> Fraser had shared a column written by Susan Dalgety for ''[[The Scotsman]]'', which claimed the Scottish Government's 'non-binary equality action plan' would lead to children being "damaged by this cult" and commenting "Choosing to identify as 'non-binary' is as valid as choosing to identify as a cat. I'm not sure governments should be spending time on action plans for either."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dalgety |first=Susan |date=18 November 2023 |title=Scottish Government is fostering a cult of gender-identity ideology that is destroying lives |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-government-is-fostering-a-cult-of-gender-identity-ideology-that-is-destroying-lives-susan-dalgety-4413621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117223305/http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-government-is-fostering-a-cult-of-gender-identity-ideology-that-is-destroying-lives-susan-dalgety-4413621 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=25 March 2024 |work=The Scotsman}}</ref>