Skip navigation

Stupid quote of the month: July

Norfolk police have announced they will supply Muslim detainees with compasses to allow them to face Mecca when praying – unless considered at risk of self-harm. Here’s TPA chief executive Matthew Elliot’s reaction:

“These people may be criminals and should be treated as such.

“The fact that law-abiding taxpayers are having to pay for these compasses, and that staff are having to waste time carrying out risk assessments, is ludicrous.

“Behaviour like this leaves right-minded people questioning the priorities of the police.”

So how much does each compass cost?

30p.

Posted by Clifford Singer at 01:10pm on 3 July 2009
Tags: Not yet assigned

Share More ways to share

Comments

Nice new legal status there as well, people who “may be criminals”.

Posted by ydue at 03:43pm on 3 July 2009

“These people may be criminals and should be treated as such.
So where is the presumption of innocence here then?

Posted by Dom at 04:02pm on 6 July 2009

Post a comment

Comments are currently closed.

Share

Join us to receive regular updates

RSS feed   KWP test link