Police state, anyone?

[daibhidc]

Originally posted by cat63 at Police state, anyone?

My UK chums might like to know about the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, which will make it a criminal offense if "a person has or might engage in behaviour ‘capable of causing annoyance’ to another person."

The whole thing is outrageous , the "might" particularly so.

It also contains measures designed to prevent public gatherings and basically gives the police a charter to arrest anybody they don't like the look of - after all they might hve been going to annoy somebody...



If you think this is unacceptable, there's a petition here :-

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/uk-government-reject-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-bill?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

and then there's the write to your MP and try to get them to give a toss option, which may work if enough of us do it.

Come back Winston Smith, all is forgiven....

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[rpdom.livejournal.com]

a criminal offense if "a person has or might engage in behaviour ‘capable of causing annoyance’ to another person."

Does this mean all politicians could be locked up?

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Oooo - nice one.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

This is really outrageous. Can we start with those of us annoyed by the fathead who designed and proposed this bill?