On Fri, 9 May 2008 23:11:05 +0100, Richard Miller
wrote:
>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.
And, of course, it didn't work for New York, did it?
MM |