Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal – BBC News
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.”
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BBC News, 10th June 2010
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Category: stop and search
Equalities watchdog rebukes police over disproportionate use of stop and search – The Guardian
“Five police forces could face legal action after the equalities watchdog issued a final warning over their disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Comedian Mark Thomas wins £1,200 over police search – The Guardian
“Police have paid compensation and apologised to the comedian and activist Mark Thomas after they admitted unlawfully searching him for looking ‘over-confident’ at a demonstration.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police could face legal action over ‘unfair’ searches – The Independent
“Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.”
The Independent, 15th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police forces face threat of ‘racist’ label over stop and searches – The Guardian
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police stop and search ‘not cutting knife crime’, new figures suggest – The Guardian
“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures analysed by a leading criminologist.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kent police admit unlawful stop and search of twins, 11 – BBC News
“The stop and search of 11-year-old twins at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp was unlawful, Kent police have admitted at London’s High Court.”
BBC News, 12th January 2010
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Stop-and-search powers ruled illegal by European court – BBC News
“Police powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.”
BBC News, 12th Janaury 2010
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Police ‘should have reason to stop pictures being taken’ – The Independent
“Police officers should not use counter-terrorism laws to stop people taking photographs in public, a senior officer insisted yesterday.”
The Independent, 15th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Big fall in police use of stop-and search powers after outcry – The Guardian
“Home office figures show that only tiny proportion of anti-terror searches lead to arrests.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Terror Act used on climate activist – The Independent
“Terror legislation was used to stop a British climate change activist from travelling to Denmark, it has emerged.”
The Independent, 15th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police investigated over stop and search of man and children under terror law – The Guardian
“Two police officers are under investigation after using anti-terror stop-and-search powers against a man and two young children in a south London street.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police force admits errors over intimate body search figures – The Guardian
“A police force has been rebuked by the Home Office after admitting that its statistics for intimate body searches going back to 2000 are misleading.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Drug charity director sues after he is wrongly targeted by sniffer dogs – Daily Telegraph
“A drugs charity director is suing British Transport Police after he was wrongly targeted by sniffer dogs at an Underground station.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Terror Act search was Orwellian’ – BBC News
“Police officers are trying to racially balance official figures in the way they select people to search under terrorism laws, it has been suggested.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
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Terror watchdog in search warning – BBC News
“The UK’s terror law watchdog says people are being stopped and searched to racially balance official figures.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
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Knife crime down as police hail stop and search – The Times
“The Metropolitan Police have stopped and searched 24,000 young people every month over the past year in an operation that is cutting teenage knife crime and violence.”
The Times, 19th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Stop-and-search powers limited by the Met Police after bias claim – The Times
“Britain’s biggest police force has agreed to limit its use of controversial stop-and-search powers after critics claimed it was discriminating against minority groups.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court says police can be challenged on ‘stop and search’ powers – The Guardian
“Lawyers acting for young twins ‘stopped and searched’ at an environmental protest were granted permission to challenge police powers in the high court today after judges ruled the proper policing of large demonstrations was in the public interest.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Capital sees rise in terror stops – BBC News
“Somebody in London is stopped and searched every three minutes, according to new figures obtained by BBC London.”
BBC News, 6th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
