Hampshire Police in Britain have scrapped a scheme which obliged people either to go on what free speech campaigners have described as a “reeducation course” for hate crimes—sexist, racist, homophobic, or transphobic material posted on social media—or face prosecution.
The training courses are run by an organisation called Restorative Solutions paid for by Hampshire Constabulary’s Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) budget and therefore by the taxpayer.
Donna Jones, PCC for Hampshire announced her decision to stop the scheme on Saturday.
“I inherited a restorative justice contract when I was elected into office last year and the restorative hate-crime awareness course was part of that,”   Jones told The Telegraph at the time of the announcement….