On Saturday, over 90,000 people turned up to take part in the celebration of pride in Oslo. Many wanted to take part and take the city back, one year after two men were killed and 23 injured in a shooting against expats in Oslo in 2022. But after the parade, the police received a tip that several threatening and hateful comments had been posted in connection with a live broadcast from the train on TikTok. The police therefore chose to open an investigation, says police attorney Anders Briskodden at the National Center of Expertise in Hate Crime in the Oslo police district. – There were a number of statements that were aimed directly at participants in the parade. Among other things with threats of the use of force and other disparaging comments about those who went there. Strong increase The police are dependent on tips from the public in order to detect hate speech online. They get that every day. – We encourage people to report to the police. Either by turning up at a police station, or taking a screenshot of the comment and relevant context, and sending it electronically to the police, says Briskodden. And there are many who have followed the encouragement. In Oslo, 20 cases of hate crime against queers were reported in June last year. In June this year, the number is 70 cases. In the first half of this year, there were over 200 cases of hate crime in Oslo. – This means that around a third of all hate crime cases in Oslo this year have come in in June, and are aimed at queers. Many young perpetrators Briskodden is unsure what is the reason for the increase in reported cases. It may be that increased attention to hate speech against queers has made it easier to report. Photo: TIKTOK In addition, he believes the police have gained better knowledge, both in how they deal with such cases and how they register the cases so that they become more visible in the statistics. Anders Briskodden, police attorney in the Oslo police. Photo: Amanda Iversen Orlich / news – Then it may also happen that more hate crimes actually happen out there. But these are factors that play together, he says. The police recently came out with a report on reported hate crimes in Norway last year. There, the statistics show that there is a particular group that goes after the queer environment. – We see that in hate crimes against queers, the perpetrators are consistently younger than in other types of hate crimes. The statistics for this year are not yet clear, but preliminary figures show something of the same tendency, says Briskodden.
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The police in Oslo start an investigation into hate speech against the pride parade – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
