This is weird - just heard today about two mates who both had (separate) overly thorough searches on Lewes Road in Brighton. Thought it's worth posting to see if anyone else had the same experience or has a view on the leaglity of the searches. Seems to go beyond the normal definition of a stop and search.
One guy was pulled walking along the street with a bag of artwork. The cops told him he was detained on suspicion of burglary, then searched him completel - more thoroughly than he had ever been searched before over the years is what he said. They took his fone off him, demanded the number then phoned it in to the station to check if it belonged to him (?) They went through the bag and then let him go, with no record supplied.
Another friend was cycling along with a frame over his shoulder. The cops in a car clocked him, then pulled up in front and said they were detaining him. They said he had nicked both bikes. He explained he works at a bike repair workshop. They then searched him for drugs (?) One cop said now I'm going to touch your penis (?) and then had a good grope, repeatedly. Then he felt all around his arse (?) They then let him go, with no record supplied.
Seems like both cases step beyond the normal level of harrassment...
Conclusion?
Makes me think the best policy is to run like fuck if a copper wants to talk to you on Lewes Road, unless you enjoy being sexually harrassed by someone in uniform!
Another friend was cycling along with a frame over his shoulder. The cops in a car clocked him, then pulled up in front and said they were detaining him. They said he had nicked both bikes. He explained he works at a bike repair workshop. They then searched him for drugs (?) One cop said now I'm going to touch your penis (?) and then had a good grope, repeatedly. Then he felt all around his arse (?) They then let him go, with no record supplied.
Seems like both cases step beyond the normal level of harrassment...
Conclusion?
Makes me think the best policy is to run like fuck if a copper wants to talk to you on Lewes Road, unless you enjoy being sexually harrassed by someone in uniform!
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