Independent:
Is there anything in that order that is untrue? They could have probably narrowed the suspect list down by pointing out that the terrorist were males between the age of 15 and 35. Would there be an objection to the gender and age profile? No one objects to such profiles in rape cases. Would the multiculties have us check out elderly females suspects in rape cases?A fresh row over stop-and-search powers has erupted after it emerged anti-terrorist police had received orders to single out black and Asian people.
Civil liberties campaigners and black groups have reacted furiously over orders to the British Transport Police which say terrorist suspects are of "Asian, West Indian and east African origin". They have urged the Commission for Racial Equality to investigate.
Officers patrolling on the Tube and train network, have been told not to "use stereotypical images of terrorists when deciding whether or not to use their powers of stop and search." But the operational order, issued after the July 7 attacks in London, which The Independent has seen, adds: "It should be noted, however, that recent suspects have included individuals of Asian, West Indian and east African origin, some of whom have British nationality."
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