>> If the mere act of someone reporting something as a "hate crime" results in arrest,
>> interview, swabs and so on, then what happens if a disgruntled citizen who has just
>> been through that process elects to report any policeman, from the local bobby to the
>> Chief Constable, for some sort of "hate crime" every time he makes an announcement, twitters,
>> speaks in public and so forth?
>>
>> Are the police obliged to take it seriously and investigate, at least once?
Yes they probably are so obliged. I suspect however that arrest, swabs etc were a result of failure to realise seriousness of situation.
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