Britain | Stop and think
Stop-and-search is on the rise again in Britain
So are complaints that ethnic minorities are disproportionately targeted
The conservatives have been in power for 12 years. That is long enough for some policies to be tried, ditched and revived. Stop-and-search, a policing technique in which people are stopped on the street and frisked for weapons or drugs, falls into this category.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Stop and think”
Britain August 13th 2022
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