Buy a ticket, get searched

[fingertrouble]

Rather worrying developments, I can immediately see how this could be abused.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/13/knife-crime-police-gang-violence

Comments

[holy13nation.livejournal.com]

Jacqui Smith is utterly and laughably fucking clueless, as she has proven with her clumsy remarks about Peckham (or wherever it was) and her even more clumsy attempts to repair the damage by going for a kebab...with bodyguards present.
I don't understand how an intelligent adult would decide that banning wearers of identifying gang insignia from areas would be a good idea.
They are still gang members,you donkey.
And now you can't recognise them.

Talk about treating the symptom and not the cause.

[shaggycub.livejournal.com]

We already are subject to random bag searches on public transit in Boston. It started 4 years ago when we hosted the DNC. I haven't been searched yet, but it's a possibility.

[snousle.livejournal.com]

"Knife crime"?

How quaint.

[timbearcub.livejournal.com]

oh don't worry we're importing gun crime via US gangs and rap culture...right behind ya!

err...