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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 09:58 AM
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In Britian, "No terror arrests in 100,000 police counter-terror searches,"
No terror arrests in 100,000 police counter-terror searches, figures show
Just 504 people out of 101,248 searches under counter-terror powers last year were held for any offence, Home Office reveals

More than 100,000 people were stopped and searched by police under counter-terrorism powers last year but none of them were arrested for terrorism-related offences, according to Home Office figures published today.

The statistics show that 504 people out of the 101,248 searches were arrested for any offence – an arrest rate of 0.5%, compared with an average 10% arrest rate for street searches under normal police powers.

The figures prompted the former Conservative home affairs spokesman David Davis to call for the controversial policy to be scrapped.

"This astonishing fact of no terrorism-related arrests, let alone prosecutions or convictions, in over 100,000 stop and searches, demonstrates what a massively counter-productive policy this is," said Davis.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/28/terrorism-police-stop-search-arrests
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 10:00 AM
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1. but 100K+ people did get to have their lives ruined by this
Hurray for Freedom! :sarcasm:
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-10 10:00 AM
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2. I'd like to see the racial breakdown of those search and stops
It sure didn't help Stephen Lawrence.. RIP
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