JK Rowling tried to martyr herself for the anti-trans cause. She failed miserably.

JK Rowling dared police to arrest her this week after a new hate crime law went into effect in Scotland that includes protections for trans people, but it didn’t work out as planned.

The notoriously anti-trans Harry Potter author is incensed over the legislation and went on a long X rant on Monday, pushing the limits of hate speech by implying trans people are violent criminals (and even axe murderers). 

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She ended the thread with a slew of vitriolic anti-trans insults, accusing Scottish lawmakers of placing “higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls.”

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She claimed the new law “is wide open to abuse by activists” who want to “silence” those speaking out against the rights of trans folks.

Rowling then attempted to martyr herself for the cause.

“I’m currently out of the country, but if what I’ve written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment,” she wrote.

But her efforts failed, as police reportedly assessed her comments and determined them not to be criminal. “No further action will be taken,” Police Scotland said in a statement after receiving some complaints about the author’s posts.

Rowling’s hateful thread included a list of numerous trans criminals and public figures, claiming that each had either violated or stolen coveted positions from girls and women. She then swaddled her comments in sarcasm under cover of an April Fools post but then swung for the fences by misgendering her criminal subjects.

“🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉,” Rowling said. “Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren’t women at all, but men, every last one of them.”

Rowling tagged all of the posts #ArrestMe.

The recently passed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 adds to the country’s previous hate speech protections with a new crime of “stirring up hatred” relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity, or being intersex. If someone makes statements against these groups “that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive,” they could face up to seven years in prison.

The law also contains protections for free speech including for “ideas that offend, shock or disturb,” which explains why Rowling won’t face legal charges for her hateful thread.

Rowling’s attacks on the trans community have become increasingly vicious over time and have more or less descended into pure bullying.

In 2019, Rowling revealed her anti-trans views by tweeting her support for an anti-transgender activist. Since then, she hasn’t stopped attacking transgender people. She regularly spreads fearmongering misinformation about how trans women would potentially commit assaults if allowed in women’s restrooms, has written long essays denigrating trans women, repeats baseless conspiracy theories about kids being coerced into transitioning, and promotes transphobic merchandise vendors on social media.

This year, she decided to celebrate Mother’s Day in the U.K. (which took place March 10) by mocking transgender folks and gender-inclusive language.

“Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilised resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses,” the Harry Potter author wrote on X.

She then added another snide post in response to the backlash the first one received.

“Devastated and bewildered that my embrace of inclusive language has angered its most enthusiastic devotees, so let’s just say: Happy Mother’s Day to all females who’ve raised children.”