On May 9, 9:24 am, MM wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 19:18:02 -0700 (PDT), Maria
> wrote:
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> >On May 8, 2:39 pm, MM wrote:
> >> On Thu, 08 May 2008 11:18:09 +0100, judith
> >> wrote:
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> >> >On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:45:38 +0100, "Dr Zoidberg"
> >> > wrote:
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> >> >>"judith" wrote in message
> >> >>news:c4o424hsceinn3ppd1jtgbkhtg32fsp573@4ax.com...
> >> >>> Police should be harassing badly behaved youths by openly filming them
> >> >>> and hounding them at home to make their lives as uncomfortable as
> >> >>> possible, the home secretary will say today.
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> >> >>> The crime initiative is part of a government strategy to win back
> >> >>> voters by proposing more radical approaches to tackling deep seated
> >> >>> problems
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> >> >>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/08/police.ukcrime
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> >> >>> ffs - Innocent until ........... the police take a dislike to you.
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> >> >>Surely if they are badly behaved , then they *aren't* innocent?
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> >> >Behaved badly - in whose opinion?
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> >> "The police followed 14 people in their teens and early 20s. Each was
> >> well known to the force, having built up criminal records for offences
> >> such as intimidation, burglary, criminal damage, antisocial behaviour
> >> and vehicle crime."
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> >> So, which part of intimidation, burglary, criminal damage, antisocial
> >> behaviour or vehicle crime did you have trouble in understanding,
> >> judith?
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> >> >I'm sorry - I thought that we were all innocent until proven guilty -
> >> >to which we can now add - disliked by the police.
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> >> But only after having built up criminal records for offences
> >> such as intimidation, burglary, criminal damage, antisocial behaviour
> >> and vehicle crime.
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> >So serving your time no longer means you have repaid your debt to
> >society? Then they should not be out on the streets yet.
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> Pardon me, but I thought all the police were doing was pinpointing
> known troublemakers and getting them to move on?
Move on where? To cause trouble somewhere else?
>But maybe you welcome
> intimidation, burglary, criminal damage, antisocial behaviour
> and vehicle crime in your area...
My brother-in-law's neighbours are drug dealers. They commit crime on
a daily basis, but all the council did was set up some sound equipment
to see if the fighting was causing enough noise to warrant a
legitimate complaint. They still have their council flat and the
police only come if there is a serious violent disturbance (and only
then to break it up).
Do you see my point yet? |