This is how anti-terror laws get used
                   
pickledpolitics.com     Jul 24, 2008            

From the BBC: A police force has apologised after a disabled child and his parents claimed they were detained at a Channel crossing point under the Terrorism Act. Julie Maynard, of Ware, Hertfordshire, was taking a day trip to Calais through the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent. The detective constable accused Ms Maynard and her husband Leslie Coombs of trafficking her son Joshua, 12. Kent Police apologised and described the incident as inappropriate, unprofessional and lacking in tact. They’ll detain you for whatever you want and you better like it buster! via Dib... [read full story]                    


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foxreno.com     27 mins ago   4 related          

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24dash.com     29 mins ago   4 related          

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