stop and search

[deggers316]

regarding all the stop and search controversy with black people
wouldn't it be a good idea to suspend all stop and search on the blacks and see in a years times if any crimes related to blacks have increased due to the suspension.
this would be a good indication whether or not to discontinue this policy or reinstate it

[McMouse]

When I visited Leningrad in the 1970's I goy quitter used to being stopped by the authorities. Can't think why.

[anotheoldgit]

Everyone should stop their whining and let the police get on with what they are paid to do.

That is to enforce law and order.

If an incident had been committed, and I happened to fit the prototype of who they perhaps considered responsible, I would have no qualms at being stopped and searched.

And in turn I would expect them to apologise to me for taking up my time, if they found nothing on me of what they were looking for.

[missprim]

I don't suppose any of us would mind occassionally but I think what some black guys are saying is that they get stopped several times a day nearly every day.
If that happened to me, I would keep a record to prove it's bordering on harrassment.

[Cowtipper]

Stop and search are two different things in my mind. Probable cause still should exist for the search but I'm not part of the group that feels discriminated against so my feelings are most likely not the same.

[firewatch]

my brother-whos white- gets stopped at least once if not twice a week, simply becasue he goes to work at 2am (hes a picker and packer for asda stockton weirdy beardy if you see him) they have given no plausable reason for this so he has made a complaint. My husband is a PCSO and says that in order to do a stop and search there must be grounds for it, so if the face is known to the police the more likely they will stopped and searched, esp if they are known to carry weapons. He works in an inner city area though so it may vary area to area

[elgreco]

In many inner city areas, most crime is committed by young black males. This isn't a racist comment, it is a fact. It is hardly surprising that young black males get stopped and questioned by the police. If there had been a hit and run serious accident and witnesses said that a blue Ford Focus was involved, then you would not expect the police to be concentrating their efforts on the drivers of red Vauxhall Astras

[PeelerPal]

There is a difficulty with P.A.C.E and the powers of stop and search, which everyone seems to mis out on and it is down to reporting descriptions. Should a white male with ginger hair and blue eyes commit an offence, his description alone gives a police officer a better chance of stopping someone of that description, however if a black man with black hair and brown eyes committs an offence, it is more difficut, so it is not racist but just more difficult

[PeelerPal]

I am totally on the side of algreco

[exdc]

Hi Firewatch

Being stopped in a motor car at 2am is not a stop and search etc

[owdhamer]

I think part of the problem with stop and search in my area is that the asian youth seem to have little or no respect for the law