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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
Just because a small proportion of the population carries a blade, or an illegally held firearm, or distributes illegal drugs, does not mean *I* should be treated like a potential criminal. If the police ever decide to "give me a tug" under Nu-Liebours anti-freedom laws I shall refuse to comply. If that means I end up in the cells, so be it....
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Our lad spent a year after graduating living in London and visiting towns and universities around the country selling magazine subscriptions. This often involved waiting for the rest of his team at a railway station before travelling. Since he is half south American, to an untrained eye he can look somewhat middle eastern, especially in the summer. He was stopped, questioned and searched on a number of occasions, all without the police finding any evidence, since there was none in the first place. Can you imagine the embarrassment in front of crowds of travellers? The one occasion he had had enough and started asking why they were doing this, he ended up in the cells, was strip searched, fined for not co-operating and now has this record against him. It says something for his sense of right and wrong that he didn't go down the path of "radicalisation".
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Don't search them just shoot them, they can't complain then can they??
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Don't forget, "they" could easily be you and me, if we had a different skin colour.
Yes, stop and search and the terrorism act are there with good intentions, but the police do seem to overstep the limits too often.