Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on A clearer direction.

The police are being much too lenient on themselves. They weren’t “policing toxic culture-ware debates”, they’d become footsoldiers on one side of that war, becoming the de facto political police of trans ideology, stamping out Thoughtcrime and Wrongthink. They weren’t acting like some kind of harried, exasperated referees, patiently standing between the parties in conflict. The police went out of their way to eagerly enforce “NO DEBATE!” and “TWAW!” to such a degree that it was approaching terrorism.

It might be considered a waste of scarce time and resources, but there should be an externally run investigation into the authoritarian actions of the police force around this question, followed by disciplinary action. This whole debacle was itself a waste of scarce police time and resources that should never be repeated. We investigate plane crashes, sinkings, fires, and other disasters. This was a political, policing disaster, an abuse of power, and a betrayal of public trust. Finding out how and why it happened might help prevent a recurrence. Public, unreserved apologies to all of the women and men persecuted and prosecuted, the clearing of all associated NCHI records, and compensation are in order as well. These might go some way towards restoring the institutional reputation so wantonly squandered in obeying the toxic diktats of genderist bullies and thugs. The spirit of “Stonewall Law” that animated the unholy, zealous police collaboration with, and subordination to, this illiberal, misogynistic religion must be rooted out. Women deserve no less.