British Police State Kicks Into High Gear

[mrmod]

Looks like you have become trained to accept being imprisoned and to call it freedom. That happening here would not be acceptable at all. It would be unthinkable to allow this type of search without proof of wrong doing before hand. It says that the total population are criminals and need to have regular shake downs to look for contraband. Guilty until proven innocent.
I now understand why you see what is happening in north America as nothing to worry about. I now see why all this conspiracy theory and debunking is going on. I now see that it has really already happened to a point over there that it has become common place. Sorry for your troubles, wish I could help.

What are you on about? I have lived here for years and not once have I been searched by the police. We're not talking about everywhere in random places.

I'm talking about derelict neighborhoods that have a lot of violence, a lot of it being drug-related. Are you telling me we shouldn't send the police? Look at Rio de Janeiro - the place was so bad they had to send in the army.

The authority that is doing these searches isn't searching everyone - they are checking people who are most likely to do something stupid such as stabbing someone. And they want to prevent that. And if it makes the streets safer in Manchester, London or anywhere else - I guess once wouldn't be the end of the World. And this is not happening cos "my government is taking control of me." It's because of public pressure on the police.