My 20 year old son got a "stop n search" from the Police

[whatever17]

I am really angry about it.

He actually has been stopped a few times.

The last time he said "for God's sake, I'm walking my dog!" (small dog)

He has been stopped and the coppers have called me and asked me to describe him for some reason.

I called the local sergeant and said "why don't you stop me? white, 42 year old woman but you always stop my kid - 20 year old white male every time he leaves the house?"

They said - "dunno". I said "how can he go for a walk with his mate without getting stopped?" copper said "good question".

[LDNmummy]

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733749-mother-outraged-as-met-officers-stop-and-search-her-nine-year-old-son.do

[sayithowitis]

Getting stopped and searched is a fact of life these days. It happened to me a while back when I was waiting for friends at a bus station. I am in my 40's. It has happened to both my DCs, most recently DC1 because he was walking home from a friend's house and took a short cut through the local hospital. It turned out that a serious attack had been perpetrated on a young girl on the same path shortly before. It might be inconvenient at the time, but honestly, I am sure most of us would rather be stooped several times if it helped to remove some criminals from the streets. Clearly in DC1's case, the system worked because they have now caught and charged somebody with that particular crime.

[whatever17]

As I have said I think the British police are great, I have never had a problem with them and if I have ever asked them about a neighbourhood problem they are brilliant and, when it rains, there are a couple who knock on the door looking for tea and biscuits (seriously!).

But my son doesn't share my opinion now cos it annoys him to get stopped and searched when he isn't doing anything wrong.

I think that if I was bimbling along to see my mate or walking the dog and got stopped and searched I would feel pretty irritated too.

[FabbyChic]

It is the way your son looks that gets him stopped, if he wants to look different to the norm then those are the breaks he has to deal with.

[Gotabookaboutit]

whatever17 - then you need to explain to him about the greater good and all that stuff.