mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: Scotland: more ... whining |
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KENNY MacASKILL, the justice secretary, and senior police officers are to hold talks with Muslim leaders this week amid growing resentment that Asian passengers are allegedly being harassed under terrorist stop-and-search powers.
Community leaders say the powers are being over-used by police at airports and railway stations, with people routinely detained for up to two hours and interrogated on their religious beliefs, prayer habits, knowledge of the Koran, political affiliations, hobbies, and their views of the Iraq war.
The issue will be raised at a private meeting at the central mosque in Glasgow attended by MacAskill and senior police officers. MacAskill has already attacked the BTP on the issue. Last year, Tom Harris, the UK rail minister, accused him of being �cynical and irresponsible� for claiming the BTP was harassing ethnic minorities.
Since 2005, the number of ethnic minority individuals searched by Strathclyde police, Scotland�s largest force, has risen by nearly 200%, from 1,108 to 3,120. In the same period, searches of white people rose 86% from 84,837 to 157,932. |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4364422.ece
I'd like to point out that, as a frequent flier, I have had to endure countless extra hours of standing in damn lines, and extra searches, because of islamic terrorism on 9/11. Every human of every single group in the West who has flown since 9/11 has been inconvenienced by islam and the actions of terrorist muslims. That they would piss and moan about this is outrageous. |
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