At the risk of reviving a moribund thread, here is an interesting news story from today's BBC site about the increased use in Britain of police stop & search powers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4368524.stm
This is one of the most telling paragraphs: "The powers allow police to stop and search people without the need to show that they have "reasonable suspicion" an offence is being committed. " This means they can stop and search anyone at anytime, and they do not have to account for their actions. This is in addition to the power they now have to incarcerate people indefinitely without trial. And what about this: "There were just four searches in Humberside in 2003/4, yet in the last three months, there were 1,830. " An increase on this scale cannot possibly be justified by the supposed increase in the threat of terrorism. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2005 19:06 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E.R.N. Reed" > Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing > > > > >>> > >>> With all respect, I disagree with your conclusion that > this will lead to > >>> a police state, > > Disagree all you want. > You are favouring letting police detain people for the > flimsiest of reasons. > The reasons will only get flimsier ar time goes on. > This has happenned in many places, many times in the past. > It seems that the biggest thing we don't learn from is past mistakes.
