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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
Sorry but they are not held with No evidence there must be something or they wouldn't be detained in the first place. The CPS can take months to decide on a domestic case so pray tell me how twenty eight days is enough time to sort a suspected terrorist case??
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If we didn't have a terrible difference between the number of white people stopped by police and the number of Black and ethnic minority people stopped I'd like to think it was true that people are only detained within good reason, but unfortunately it is the case that many people suffer injustices due to the threat of terrorism.
I can't remember the name of the case now but what about the guy who collapsed on a london bus because of his diabetes and the police just tazored him without hesitation? Yes it was near the time of a terrorist attack in the capital, but it's still a bit reckless! Their excuse was that he looked Egyptian! A white british man who had lived in the country his entire life.
Whilst I can accept the extension to the time, I don't accept that there is no risk of this power being misused.