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Comment Re:City of London Police not eq Met Police (Score 2) 160

Argh! Forgot to check for unicode stripping. Corrected.

It is worth stressing that: The City of London is not equal to A city called London, capital of the UK. The City of London Police is not equal to Metropolitan Police, the police force for London.

The City of London is a square mile of land governed by a plutocracy. The actions of their police force does not surprise me.

Comment City of London Police Metropolitan Police (Score 0) 160

It is worth stressing that: The City of London A city called London, capital of the UK and City of London Police Metropolitan Police (the police force for London). The City of London is a square mile of land governed by a plutocracy. The actions of their police force does not surprise me.

Comment Re:Different in the USA? (Score 4, Insightful) 1155

I believe you will find it in the Magna Carta (MC.29 on http://alexpeak.com/twr/mc/) for an early variation on the concept.

"No freeman shall be taken captive or imprisoned, or deprived of his lands, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go with force against him nor send forces against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."

While this was originally intended for the nobles, since the emancipation of the masses, I believe it applies to everybody. However, there may be more recent statues that supersede it, such as European Convention on Human Rights.

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