Die britische Polizei fordert mal wieder einen Abbau der Bürgerrechte:
Police have asked the government for a new counter-terrorism power to stop and search people without having to suspect them of involvement in crime, the Guardian has learned.
Senior officers have told the government the new law is needed to better protect the public against attempted attacks on large numbers of people, and are hopeful they can win ministers’ backing.
WTF, tolle Demokratie haben wir hier im Westen!
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, said that outlawing the demonstations was an option for the authorities but conceded it could anger protestors further.
He admitted he was “very worried” about the effect on law and order in town centres and suburbs caused by large numbers of officers being sent to the centre of the capital.
Man kann den Videoaufnahmen der Polizei offensichtlich nicht trauen:
Demonstrator Jake Smith was charged with two counts of violent disorder. These charges were later dropped when Smith’s solicitor, Matt Foot, viewed the original CCTV footage and discovered that the police video had been edited to show events out of sequence, at one point implying another man was Smith while omitting footage showing Smith being assaulted by a police officer without provocation.
Considering the potential for abuse of power, the control that the police have had over the use of CCTV is frightening. Foot warns, “We should be both curious and suspicious about how the police use CCTV footage in these cases.”
Nicht nur in der BRD werden fleißig Daten über “Extemisten” gesammelt natürlich sammelt man auch in England. Und wie in der BRD ist ist letztlich jeder erstmal verdächtigt.
Confidential documents reveal how an initiative to gather data on “radicalisation and recruitment” in Islamic terrorist groups has been expanded to incorporate other organisations.
Political activists who have no association with terrorism could now find themselves monitored by authorities mandated to discover information about their friends, family, neighbours, political beliefs, use of the internet and even psychological traits.
Offensichtlich gibt es ein EU Dokument, was wohl bei Statewatch zu finden ist, das diese Datensammelei einfordert:
The documents, obtained by Statewatch, the EU civil liberties monitoring NGO, set out a programme of “systematic data collection” ostensibly geared towards terrorism. But the inclusion of such a broad array of political interests will add to growing concerns that legitimate protest organisations are being subjected to state surveillance.
Oh, wow, super Idee:
Streifenpolizisten aus England und Wales werden ab Sommer 2010 mit einem mobilen Fingerabdruck-Scanner ausgestattet.
Die haben schon jetzt die größte Datenbank mit biometrischen Daten, da kann man dann wohl davon ausgehen, dass da jetzt mehr oder minder willkürlich Leute auf der Strasse überprüft werden.
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