alt.uk.law

BBC
More young people should be stopped and searched to help tackle knife
and gun crime, a leading black police representative says.

Keith Jarrett, the outgoing president of the National Black Police
Association (NBPA), said he would be pressing police for such an
approach.

He said: "The black community is telling me we have to look at this."

Some senior black police officers have criticised the suggestion
fearing it could lead to racial profiling.

Black people are six times more likely to be stopped than white
people, according to Home Office figures.

This disparity has led to continued charges of police racism and
critics say that increased use of stop and search tactics would
inevitably affect the black community disproportionately.

'Victims and perpetrators'

Mr Jarrett will use a speech at the NBPA's annual conference this week
to ask Police Minister Tony McNulty and Metropolitan Police chief Sir
Ian Blair to consider searching more young people.

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Orwell makes yet another revolution in his grave ...
the busiest corpse in the UK of late. Somebody ought
to leave a case of "Gator-Ade" by his tombstone in
case he needs refreshment.

In the USA, we've got "DWB" (Driving While Black)
as de-facto "probable cause" for police to stop
and harass young 'black' men. Looks as if the UK is
keen to out-do us though, adding "BWB" (Breathing
While Black) to the list of perfectly good reaons
to keep 'blacks' and young people in general under
the governments heel.

That street violence just might have something to do
with government policies and incompetence ... that
never seemed to enter anyones minds. Perhaps the MPs
and cabinet members need to be searched - for any
sign of brain tissue.