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Old 17th Mar 2010, 18:01
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Avman
 
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On my days off you can now see me at airports throughout the uk.....BEING MOVED ON BY SECURITY STAFF AND WARNED THAT IF THEY CATCH ME AGAIN "ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY" I WOULD BE ARRESTED!!!!!!!!!!!.
That surprises me. I have certainly been i/d checked by police on occasions but never told to move on. If you are on public land there is no law restricting you from being there. I can only assume that you were truly off piste and possibly a little too exposed. This can cause members of the paranoid public (made paranoid by government bodies and the media) to report "suspicious" activity to the police. Understandably, they have to investigate and that can become a little tiresome after a while. I sympathise with the police, but it does not give them the right to take away basic liberties we enjoy. If anyone argues that point then as far as I'm concerned the terrorists have won the battle.
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