Police are treating opponents of fracking as terrorists, this should worry us all

‘An anti-fracking campaigner has been detained under terrorism legislation by Devon and Cornwall police at Exeter airport.

Ian Crane was detained for two hours under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 after returning from Amsterdam on 20 December last year. Although his luggage was not searched, he reported his phone was taken away and investigated for an hour. Mr Crane further claimed he was asked questions including “where have you been?” and “what have you been doing?” as well as being asked for his opinion on what radicalises people.

Whilst Schedule 7 gives the police the power to detain, search and question anyone “regardless of whether the officer has grounds to suspect that the person is involved in terrorism”, the 2015 Codes of Practice also state the detention should not be “arbitrary”.’

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