[IMC-UK-Features] feature: Policing at Climate Camp

[Jeff Parks]

Hi,

I know this feature was put together quickly in a high-pressure
situation but it needs altering ASAP:

"How The Police Radicalized An Entire Generation"

Ridiculous hyperbole to claim that there is even an 'entire'
generation at the camp, let alone radicalized at it.

"From the beginning the police used excessive force against climate
campers including women, children"

Awful discriminatory language.

"use of blanket stop and search is well known to be unlawful under the
Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act, Section A"

PACE Codes of Practice are guidelines not law, ergo breaches of them
are not unlawful in themselves, and PACE Code A paragraph 2.3 states
"Reasonable suspicion can sometimes exist without specific information
or intelligence and on the basis of some level of generalisation
stemming from the behaviour of a person.", so it really doesn't rule
out blanket stop and search in this way.

l'n'r,
Jeff