Traitor Bliar got upset a while back when a Tory MP suggested we were living in a police state.  What does he think now?

The Home Office is considering giving Police the power to take DNA samples and fingerprints, without the consent of the “offender” for minor “crimes” such as not wearing a seatbelt, speeding and dropping litter.  The Police currently have to take an “offender” to the Police Station to be able to take their DNA samples but under the new regime they would be allowed to do this in the street.

This is all while a British government supported genetic watchdog has expressed concerns that an average of one person a minute has their DNA stored in the British government’s DNA database and that black men are 4 times more likely to have their DNA taken than white men.

I would certainly never submit to having my DNA or fingerprints taken voluntarily.  I once had my car broken into and was asked to provide fingerprints so they could discount mine from any they took.  After weighing up the pro’s and con’s (it was a company car anyway) I declined knowing full well that my fingerprints would be kept on their records indefinitely even though I hadn’t committed any crime.

It is also worrying that black men are 4 times more likely to have their DNA taken but not for the lefty liberal reasons the CRE and others are bothered.  It’s a simple fact that young black men in inner cities commit a disproportionately high number of crimes.  Race or colour has nothing to do with it – if you belong to a group that is statistically responsible for a high proportion of crimes then you should expect to recieve more attention from the police.  What is worrying is that there was no complaint about the high number of muslims who have had their DNA taken and that’s because, despite belonging to the group that is most likely to blow shit up and lop people’s heads off, they haven’t been targetted with the same vigour as black people.

We’re rapidly descending into a police state here.  The state doesn’t need to know your most intimate details, DNA profile, fingerprints or exact whereabouts whenever you drive your car to run the country or make us safe.  Our freedoms and liberties are being taken off us in the name of fighting terrorism – the same terrorists that target the west because they don’t want us to have those same freedoms and liberties.  The British government is actually doing the terrorists job for them and a damn sight more effectively than they ever could.