The police are bad

David Mery's column about being falsely arrested by the police in London is pretty worrying. Basically, he was arrested for: not looking at some police officers, being in the station at the same time as two other people, looking at people on the train platform and taking a piece of paper out of his pocket. While many will say "hanging's not good enough for 'im" I have to admit that even I am surprised by the lengths the police will go to, if only the government allows them.

This reminds me of the story of a friend who was stopped at Bournemouth airport for nothing more than looking 'a bit black'. The police have allowed their new powers to go to their heads. But what can you or I do to stop them?

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