No, I am not making this up.
“Officers stripped of stop and search terror powers over fears of angering Muslims,” from the Daily Mail, May 7 (thanks to all who sent this in):
Scotland Yard is to scale down its controversial stop-and-search anti-terrorism powers over fears the ‘blanket’ weapon could be alienating Muslims.
The move was ordered by Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson after talks with groups, including the Muslim Safety Forum and Liberty.
He said: ‘We might need to be a little more discerning about how we use it.
‘Recently we’ve been using it as a blanket power. We should be more targeted about it.’
The Section 44 measure, which was introduced in the Terrorism Act 2000, has been in force across London since the 7/7 bombings and allows officers to stop and search without reasonable suspicion.
Anti-terrorism chiefs ordered an escalation of its use after the attempted bombing of the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket in June 2007.
But details of new tactics, to be brought in across the capital this summer, were being outlined by Assistant Commissioner John Yates to the Metropolitan Police Authority today.
Government figures released last week showed minority communities were disproportionately targeted by the tactic.
The number of black people stopped under the power rose by 322 per cent, compared with a rise of 277 per cent for Asians and 185 per cent for white people….
So of course British authorities are treating this as a racial issue, when in reality it is an ideological one. The ideology of Islamic supremacism is held by people of all races. To stop acting against those who are furthering it for fear of offending anyone is suicidal.