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[Nickbat]

"Thousands of people are being stopped and searched by the police under counter-terrorism powers simply to provide a racial balance in official statistics, the government's official anti-terror law watchdog has revealed."

Lord Carlile: "I have evidence of cases where the person stopped is so obviously far from any known terrorism profile that, realistically, there is not the slightest possibility of him/her being a terrorist, and no other feature to justify the stop."

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/17/stop-search-terror-law-met

I should be incandescent with rage, but in our broken country this sort of story is becoming commonplace...so, I'm just slightly glowing at the edges. 

[KillerWatt]

I should be incandescent with rage, but in our broken country this sort of story is becoming commonplace...so, I'm just slightly glowing at the edges. 

Nick, the same thing was going down in the mid-eighties mate...only then it was known as the "sus" law.......and we all know what happened when the public had enough of that crap.

[crazyjoetavola]

"Thousands of people are being stopped and searched by the police under counter-terrorism powers simply to provide a racial balance in official statistics, the government's official anti-terror law watchdog has revealed."

Lord Carlile: "I have evidence of cases where the person stopped is so obviously far from any known terrorism profile that, realistically, there is not the slightest possibility of him/her being a terrorist, and no other feature to justify the stop."

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/17/stop-search-terror-law-met

I should be incandescent with rage, but in our broken country this sort of story is becoming commonplace...so, I'm just slightly glowing at the edges. 

...that'll be a hormonal problem Nick

Are you really surprised?  This is the natural result of policing by quota and is the de-facto method used by the government to show that all is well and that their policies are making the difference needed to maintain good order on our streets.

..........'and so it is, and so it will remain'