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Originally Posted by rogermevans
the ruling doesnt mean stop and search will have to stop it just means that they need to put in more measures to protect rights see
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/vi...in=hudoc-pr-en
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Whether the interference was “in accordance with the law” In the Court's view, the wide discretion conferred on the police under the 2000 Act, both in terms of the authorisation of the power to stop and search and its application in practice, had not been curbed by adequate legal safeguards so as to offer the individual adequate protection against arbitrary interference.
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so if they put in better safe guards then it could still be used dont see a huge problem with the judgement myself
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so it was ill thought out legislation in the first place ?