For once the police back down.

Police have apologised to one of Scotland’s most prominent gender-critical campaigners for threatening to prosecute her over claims she vandalised a trans activist’s umbrella.

Susan Smith, one of the three directors of For Women Scotland, had earlier been informed she would have to accept a formal warning or face court action over an altercation with Tom Harlow, who attempted to drown out speakers at one of the group’s rallies with amplified music.

And by doing so harassed those speakers and attempted to deprive them of their right to protest being erased by people like…him.

…following a major backlash to news that Smith was facing prosecution, the national force said it would launch a “review” into the matter.

On Friday morning, Smith received a notification, via her lawyers, that the matter had been dropped. Police Scotland confirmed it was “now satisfied that no crime has been committed” and has also issued an apology to Smith.

“now” satisfied, they say, as if it hadn’t been obvious all along that Tom Harlow was the aggressor, and the piggy attempted silencer of women. It was obvious but the cops got the vibe wrong. They thought it was still open season on women.

Smith said she was relieved at the outcome but said Harlow’s allegations should never have been taken seriously in the first place.

Video footage showed that his umbrella had been damaged before the brief confrontation with Smith, who was asking him to turn down his music.

His “music” which he was playing at high volume in order to silence women. The cops should have turned his damn music off and told him to go away.

“While I am delighted that Police Scotland have dropped this case, it is concerning that an individual who came with the express intention of disrupting our rally and drowning out our speakers was taken seriously, especially when extreme, credible threats to women are frequently overlooked,” Smith said.

Exactly. I am sooooooooo tired of it. We all are.