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Originally Posted by andyl
I think the agenda is just a little bit more complicated than that, the Middle East not being a particularly simple issue and our historic role within it not terribly impressive.
As I have said more than once, during the SUS laws of the 70s the Police were shown quite categorically not to have shown good judgement (see the Scarman report). Searches were only discriminate in that they disproportionally - by some margin - targeted the black population. Obviously blacks are Ok now, its Asians' turn. And yes I have personal experience. I have been illegally searched, illegally held and even had a nice 6ft tall policeman point out how big his boots were to me whilst I was illegally held in a cell (can't think why he should point that out to me). Is that enough for you?
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And as I pointed out, the 70s were about 30 years ago. You may as well accuse all German soldiers of goose-stepping! It is also a statistic that certain crimes in certain areas were committed by blacks more often than whites or Asians. You probably wouldn't complain if more skinheads than pensioners were searched at a football match, would you?
Why not move on from what was reported in the 70s and look at what's happening now. Remember, there are a lot more Asian police officers now... are you accusing them of being racist too?