Did you watch the video? I don't think were their just yet but were getting closer to it! If you have a skim read over the terrorism act 2000 you will see many new powers that are now at the polices disposal that are in direct conflict with the human rights act 1998.
Can you outline any of these police powers? I'm assured that the only way these laws apply is if there is some suspicion of terrorism. Section 44 for example gives the police rights to stop and search anyone who potentially could be an immediate threat.
No one was violent or even provoked the opposition, yet we were treated like criminals for expressing our opinion and right to protest!
Naturally the police have to be there to make sure things don't get out of hand, but I totally agree that sometimes they can totally mishandle situations. I don't think it's government control, more along the lines of mismanagement amongst the police force.
Their have been a few acts of parliament, legislation etc that have been pushed through under the name of national security that cross the line in my opinion. Were losing more freedoms because of political paranoia and the freedoms we did have are being taken away.
Name any?
If the police openly shot people the UK wouldn't be much different from north Korea to be honest.
That's going a bit far don't you think. You hear it constantly, but the fact you're allowed to complain about the government and the police force pretty much confirms that it might just be a bit of paranoia on your end. But what I will agree is that we do have a somewhat imcompetent police force that does need reforming.
