In message , MM
writes
>On Thu, 08 May 2008 03:10:46 +0100, judith
>wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>>The crime initiative is part of a government strategy to win back
>>voters by proposing more radical approaches to tackling deep seated
>>problems
>>
>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/08/police.ukcrime
>>
>>
>>ffs - Innocent until ........... the police take a dislike to you.
>
>Er, you first have to have engaged in intimidatory behaviour and
>similar unpleasant activity:
>
>"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."
>
>MM
Please stop confusing a strictly controlled pilot with what is highly
likely to happen once they roll this out.
The one thing that is absolutely certain is that this will lead the
people so harassed by the police to conclude that if they are going to
get hassle even when they are not doing anything wrong, there is no
point in behaving themselves. A more counter-productive approach would
be very hard to imagine. Whoever dreamt this up should have Cliff
Richard played at them full blast for 24 hours non-stop.
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Richard Miller |