It isn't just a blanket rise, however - the percentage inrease was 325% for the black population (as against a general rise of 236%)... new tools, old prejudices....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/03/matthew-ryder-police-stop-and-search
David.
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>Subject: BBC NEWS | Capital sees rise in terror stops
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>"Somebody in London is stopped and searched every three
>minutes, according to new figures obtained by BBC London. The
>Metropolitan Police used section 44 of the Terrorism Act more
>than 170,000 times in 2008 to stop people in London. That
>compares to almost 72,000 anti-terror stop and searches
>carried out in the previous year."
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8034315.stm
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