On Sunday, October 23, 2005, at 08:15 AM, Bob W wrote:
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.
This is really scary.
Amateur Photographer magazine has run a series of editorial comments
about the police getting out of hand in England and harassing
photographers. Worth reading if you have access to the magazine. I'd
be terrified to shoot photos anywhere in the UK if there was even a
remote possibility that a child might wander into the image.
Bob
