Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday dismissed the suggestion that misogyny should be made a hate crime. The sentencing of Wayne Couzens, who abducted, raped, and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard in March when he was a serving police officer, has reignited calls to add women into the protective categories listed in the hate crime law in England and Wales. Asked if misogyny should be a hate crime, the prime minister told “BBC Breakfast” he’s focusing on making sure the criminal justice system prosecutes people for existing crimes. “To be perfectly frank, if you simply widen the scope of what you ask the police to do, you’ll just increase the problem,” Johnson said. “What you need to do is get the police to focus on the very real feeling of injustice and betrayal that many people feel.” The prime minister said what needs to be focused on is that the “abundant” …
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