Stop and Search

[rov1200]

The Met arrested 1200 people using stop and search powers but now there is an objection to this method. Should we stop this practice and allow a minority of the population who may be terrorists, criminals and law breakers escape justice?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7846 526.stm

[Ethel]

No, we shouldn't stop it. 1200 people arrested as a result of stop and search shows it works.
I know nearly 156,000 weren't arrested but the Met has received very few complaints from those who were stopped and searched so I so no reason to curb it

[stensonlad]

rov1200 & Ethel
I agree with both of you!
I would have no objection with being stopped!
Those who do have either got something to hide or have got a chip on their shoulders!

[jake-the-peg]

Would you object to bein stopped and searched 12 times a week stensonlad?

I think that's the sort of thing people object to.

After the first few times of being stopped and ordered to turn out your pockets because you "look like trouble" people start to get a bit resentfull!

[Gromit]

The Anti-Terrorism Act, or Section 44, gives the police powers in specific areas to stop and search people without the reasonable need to suspect them of being involved in terrorism.

Strange it doesn't say how many terrorists they found during these 157,000 searches. If they had found any I suspect they would have told us to justify more searches.

There are enough crimes that are not properly investigated without the police using terrorism laws to look for more.

I'm sure that the time involved in those 156,800 worthless searches could have been better used.

[stensonlad]

No I would not object JTP but that would not happen because I don't "LOOK LIKE TROUBLE" and it's easy to look respectable.

[rov1200]

The fact that stop and search in particular areas probably deterred many from carrying weapons in the first place making the streets safer? As the searched would fall into a specific group it goes to prove stop and search has worked.

[123everton]

No.
Anything that makes life difficult for criminals is OK with me.

[maxximus]

so when it get's to the point when you're door get's booted of it's hinges one night, because your tunes might be too loud, and you say. hey, hold on a minute. ' i don't look like trouble' or ' hey, you can't do that' as you get repeatedly smashed in the melon with a rifle butt, as rumour has it you may allegedly have something to do with terrorism. your gonna think one of two things, i'm okay with this as i've got nothing to hide or **** jake and gromit were right . cheers!

[Admarlow.]

stop and search is great, it targets the people most likley to commit crimes , young black men. Whats wrong with a bit of common scence policing, its NOT racist its logical. Young black men are also the most likley targets for violent crime so I am sure many of them are behind the scheme.

[sp1814]

Admarlow

Who said that young black men were complaining?

Where in the report does it mention that it's disproportionately young black men who are being targetted or that anyone is complaining of racism???