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Previously on "Another Step on the Slippery Slope"
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>If the Torys got in it would be a shoot to kill policy - remember those IRA suspects on the rock.
It was the SAS who shot them, not the police. And what's all this about a "shoot to kill" policy? What's the alternative, a "shoot to graze" policy? You really are a prize idiot.
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Originally posted by JabberwockyMore tory propoganda, much more likely is that the police will spray/stun/shoot you. If the Torys got in it would be a shoot to kill policy - remember those IRA suspects on the rock.
Originally posted by JabberwockyIt is trial and jury by the bullet, totally unfair taxation, no pubic services, corporate greed, corruption and nepotism.
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Originally posted by Rebecca LoosYou guys are forgetting something
The police will only arrest you if you are seen as non-threatening and not dangerous.
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You guys are forgetting something
The police will only arrest you if you are seen as non-threatening and not dangerous.
Anyone looking like they might offer a bit of resistance when arrested will be left well alone, under the Police Officers Health & Safety Guidelines 2006, which allows police officers to refuse to arrest someone who "might be considering the possibility of threatening to inflict bodily harm" to police officers.
Under NL's new guidelines, only offenders aged either 80+ or under 3 will be candidates for immediate arrest, so as not to compromise the physical integrity of police officers.
As ever with NL, creating new offences is easy (done in the safety of offices and parliament), doing the corresponding arrests and physical implementation is proving a tad bit harder
(look at the % of ignored ASBOs for illustration)
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Originally posted by Lucifer Boxdo you not think a charge, any charge, would simply be trumped up?
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Originally posted by AtWThere - how many of you would mind that? Heck, I won't mind if they arrest me - I know they won't prove it and it will make me wealthy. A nice balanced system - of course those policement who arrest people and them let them go with big paycheque will lose part of their salary or something like this.
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Originally posted by AtWof course those policement who arrest people and them let them go with big paycheque will lose part of their salary or something like this.
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Originally posted by Lucifer BoxThe anti-terrorism act can be quoted so you can then be held for a month without cause, reason, evidence or even knowing what it is you are accused of.
There - how many of you would mind that? Heck, I won't mind if they arrest me - I know they won't prove it and it will make me wealthy. A nice balanced system - of course those policement who arrest people and them let them go with big paycheque will lose part of their salary or something like this.
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Either that or prosecutable under the serious organised crimes act.
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Mine's a Synthi-Burger
DP, that's 10 years in the iso-cubes for you, for making me laugh so much. Unfortunately, you have more or less hit the nail on the head. As we have already in certain circumstances empowered the police to act as judge and jury with limited to no right of appeal (e.g. on-the-spot fines), we are perilously close to allowing the police to arbitrarily imprison people (if you are accused under the prevention of terrorism act, you might argue we already have as the police can impose the equivalent of a two month prison sentence on you without having to tell you why).
Still, citizens, I'm sure if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear, eh?
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"You are under arrest under the Not Voting Labour Laws 2007. I hereby sentance you to death...."
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Another Step on the Slippery Slope
So, after assuring us that new draconian powers to stop people under anti-terrorist legislation would be applied correctly and sparingly (4,500 detentions in Hampshire in one quarter alone so clearly it was a previously unknown definition of sparingly and correctly that was in mind), the state starts to put in place the next stage of its plan to ensure total control over its citizens.
Police are to be given sweeping powers to arrest people for every offence, including dropping litter, failure to wear a seat belt and other minor misdemeanours. The measures, which come into force on Jan 1, are the biggest expansion in decades of police powers to deprive people of their liberty.
At present, officers can generally arrest people if they suspect them of committing an offence which carries at least five years in prison. They will now have the discretion to detain someone if they suspect any offence and think that an arrest is "necessary".
Welcome to the friendly 21st Century face of the fluffy, cuddly police state. Still, I'm sure it will make people who believe there are bearded fanatics hiding behind every street light feel safer at night. Until it's them or one of their family who's arrested because it is "necessary" of course.Tags: None
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