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Ive posted my story before but one day i was at waverley station in edinburgh meeting a workmate first thing in the morning - about to catch a train to dundee.
Im minding my own business when two policemen come over and tell me they are about to search me under section whatever of the anti-terrism act.
As I looked around I then noticed that other police were stopping other commuters at random.
I didnt have anything to hide so let them go through my pockets and bag. answered questions about who i was, where i worked, what i was doing etc etc.At the end of it i got issued a little slip informing me of the law id been stopped under. the policeman had ticked some of the boxes that applied i.e bag searched.
However - there was a tickbox for "INTIMATELY SEARCHED" - which im quite glad the policemen didnt put on their rubber gloves and do.So they can definitely use that kind of search too under this new anti-terrorist law - so you can go being a cheeky bastard to them if you want Detritus and see where it gets you. (probably hobbling home afterwards).
So yeah I did have a problem with being stopped and searched as did all the rest of the people being stopped because all looked like commuters going to work - definitely NOT the kind of people that fall under the Terrorist or Knife Carrying demographic.
To me it was just a waste of police time and resources.They SHOULD be allowed to target the actual demographic but then they are seen as being racist or against certain religions or harrassing people who wear certain clothes.
In reality we all know that it'd solve the problem - but you simply cant get away with that kind of targetting in such a politically correct society.