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Feb 3, 2016

Police state?

As if the police did not already have enough power....

No longer do the police need cause or a warrant to search a person. They can basically perform a full search on any person whenever they want as long as they think there is something suspicious about that person.

A new law proposal was passed into law this week.
From INN:
The law gives police the authority to search any person who they deem suspicious. They are now allowed to search the person's belongings, clothing, and their physical person.
The reasoning behind the law is to give the police extra power and authority with the aim of preventing physical violence.
The police must have a reasonable suspicion that the person being searched will carry out a physical attack against another person in order to justify the search. Additionally, police will also now have the authority for the next two years to search any individual, even without a reasonable suspicion, if the regional commander declares the area to be one in which it is suspected that an attack may take place. 
In the explanatory part of the bill it states "the new authority to search individuals in a place wherein it is expected that an attack may occur will allow the police to prevent more violent attacks. In an effort to limit the damage to the individual being searched, the search must be limited to looking for weapons only."
If you look at a cop funny or talk back to one, or protest something or whatever the cop might not like - he can search you "for a weapon"...

I can't wait for the headlines that will eventually show how the police abuse this privilege and search people for no real reason. This is all we need.




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2 comments:

  1. Moshe Feiglin has some trenchant comments about this further erosion of liberty and democracy in Israel at
    http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/the-deep-freeze-of-liberty/2016/02/01/

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  2. Not news - my son and some of his hoodie-wearing friends have frequently been stopped and searched when they were hanging out in RBS and in J'lm. He said that during the search the police were rude and trying to provoke a fight/response. When they asked the police why they were stopped the police responded 'you look suspicious'...

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