The ‘Stop and Search’ method is used by police in the UK as a safety measure to try and prevent the possession of illicit items such as: drugs, firearms, knifes, and stolen property. This has been corrupted with racism and sexism as police target black people. I think this is wrong because it is blatant racism and there are no punishments.
The ‘Stop and Search’ method was introduced in 1984 and is a controversial issue due to it being deemed as racist towards ethnic minorities. The stop and search method is also said to be one of the main reasons for the feud between black people and the police. Stop and search has also been deemed as ineffective by only having a 7% to 9% success rate.
Stop and search has been found to have a 7 percent to 9 percent success rate, and this is shown consistently from the Metropolitan police 2013 report on stop and search. This shows that stop searches are ineffective at detecting crime, but not only that, the Metropolitan police report that 50 percent to 60 percent of said crimes were for drug possession. This shows that they are arresting people for victimless crimes which do not affect anybody other than the person with the drugs, and the taxpayer who has to pay for prisons. There was also found to be a huge imbalance between the black/white ratio of people who …show more content…
Paul claims that the officers “sprang in and held him against a wall” which tells us that not only does it show signs of prejudice and racism but there is also indicators of unnecessary force. Another victim, Nick Glynn claims that being stopped because of how you look has a “horrible effect” and is “a bit of an embarrassment”. Nick has been stopped over 30 times despite 25 years of experience with the Leicestershire Police, was stopped in his car and felt like the only reason he had to do unnecessary tasks was because he was
The ‘Stop and Search’ method was introduced in 1984 and is a controversial issue due to it being deemed as racist towards ethnic minorities. The stop and search method is also said to be one of the main reasons for the feud between black people and the police. Stop and search has also been deemed as ineffective by only having a 7% to 9% success rate.
Stop and search has been found to have a 7 percent to 9 percent success rate, and this is shown consistently from the Metropolitan police 2013 report on stop and search. This shows that stop searches are ineffective at detecting crime, but not only that, the Metropolitan police report that 50 percent to 60 percent of said crimes were for drug possession. This shows that they are arresting people for victimless crimes which do not affect anybody other than the person with the drugs, and the taxpayer who has to pay for prisons. There was also found to be a huge imbalance between the black/white ratio of people who …show more content…
Paul claims that the officers “sprang in and held him against a wall” which tells us that not only does it show signs of prejudice and racism but there is also indicators of unnecessary force. Another victim, Nick Glynn claims that being stopped because of how you look has a “horrible effect” and is “a bit of an embarrassment”. Nick has been stopped over 30 times despite 25 years of experience with the Leicestershire Police, was stopped in his car and felt like the only reason he had to do unnecessary tasks was because he was