...for those who are unfamiliar to it, the 'sus' law was part of the 1824 Vagrancy Act...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law
...but was overused by the police in the major cities in the mid-seventies onwards...especially during the first years of Mrs. Thatchers' government, basically to put fear into first generation Brits, who's parents hailed from the West Indies. It, in fact did the opposite, starting with Carnival riot of 1976, through to the death of a policeman in North London nine years later, with riots in Brixton, Toxteth, St. Pauls and Moss Side getting a look in during that time. Will the police (in 2007), in order to attempt some sort of authority in the troubles areas of late re-apply such laws - stop all black males from the age of twelve to 62 to frisk and ask the usual questions - with a few hours in a police cell if they display 'attitude'; id est...say nothing at all?
2007-02-17
10:04:22
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