Linzi Smith hails victory against Northumbria Police after failing to 'act impartially' at Pride march: 'I've got my vindication!'

Smith launched a case against Northumbria Police after claiming that the force's "uniformed participation" in a Pride march last year broke the professional oath sworn by each police officer to act "with impartiality" at work.

In a landmark High Court ruling today, a judge found that there would have been "issues" in policing with impartiality if, for example, an "attempted counter demonstration by gender critical people" broke out.

Discussing the ruling on GB News, Smith explained: "It's a very controversial political hot topic at the moment, you've got the trans activists versus the gender-criticals, as we're called.

"One believes gender identity comes above all else, people like me believe that sex is binary and that should come above anything to do with someone's personal feelings. Feel the way you want to feel, but I'm not obligated to play along with you. I believe sex is binary, and I'm not going to be bullied into thinking any different."

Highlighting her argument that the police should be present at Pride events to "manage the crowds", Smith believes they are there "in uniform with rainbows all over, holding flags and basically advocating for the trans and queer".

Smith said: "Obviously police have to be there to police the event, we've never had an issue with that. You need police there when there's large crowds and especially when pride is a protest, at the end of the day.

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"It started as a protest, the Stonewall riots were a protest. Even to this day, people march chanting that Pride is a protest, and so of course, when it's something like that, you do need the police there to manage the crowds. But what my issue is, is the fact that they're in uniform with rainbows all over, holding flags and basically advocating for the trans and queer."

Highlighting the impact on the gay and lesbian communities, Smith stated that police engaging in "transgender ideology" at such events is "slowly eroding" their identities away.

Smith told GB News: "As a lesbian, and I think there'll be many lesbians and gays who feel the same as me, we're slowly being eroded out of our own community.

"If I see a police officer adorning the trans colours and things like that, that makes me feel as a lesbian, gender critical woman, that I can't get the same kind of treatment."

Criticising her treatment by the police, Smith revealed she has received "death threats" and "all kinds of abuse" which has "not been taken seriously" by police.

Smith concluded: "I've had death threats, I've had my face photoshopped onto women being hanged, I've had all kinds of abuse, and not once have the police taken any of it seriously. Not once. They've got it all and they haven't investigated.

"I was pulled in for investigation for a hate crime and all the way up from PC to CID level, and they deemed it necessary to do that to me."