[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy;9952645[B

]Easy, put more money into the police so there's more of a presence on the street without the need to resort to prejudice to invade people's privacy. [/B]It started with Cameron and it's only gotten worse with May, I remember a while ago, a police officer spoke out about the lack of vital resources needed to police the streets and how there's not enough funding to have enough people patrolling and keeping watch, it created quite a stir if I remember right.



People died so we could have the rights that we have, Stop and Search infringes on those rights and it encourages Racial Profiling which creates societal problems in itself as you create situations that are endorsed by the system in which certain races will be treated with more suspicion.

Searching people without cause for suspicion is beyond the pale, it makes me sad to see how little people care about their own rights to endorse it.

A person cannot support things like Stop and Search and then pretend they care about their rights or the sacrifices others have made to preserve them. It's irreconcilable.

I did say earlier in the thread more police are needed, but they need to have to relevant powers to do their job otherwise they are just a presence which isn't enough of a deterrant in the current climate in my opinion.