Racists30 Jan 2008 07:16 pm

About Greg’s Clothes

By Nelson

Thanks to Lauren. Will more stop and search powers reduce crime?

I was stopped and searched. The only things I had on me were keys, wallet and mobile phone. On the day of the search, I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt with a stripe on it. Plus wearing jeans and black trainers. My normal clobber which I wear out of work. I just got of a bus in Leeds and was forced down an alleyway by a couple of coppers. What made the police stop an innocent white man?
Greg Foster, United Kingdom

Perhaps they thought you were a black man who’d painted his face to look less like a criminal.

10 Responses to “About Greg’s Clothes”

  1. on 30 Jan 2008 at 7:31 pm   Mr Blackett

    The fact that he’s from Leeds? That’d do me.

  2. on 30 Jan 2008 at 8:44 pm   Mr D

    forced down an alleyway by a couple of coppers?

    i’m shocked he didn’t get done for being a hooker

  3. on 30 Jan 2008 at 9:14 pm   ray

    i *really* was stopped & searched @ Birmingham New Street on a saturday night whilst waiting for a friend outside M&S. I asked why and the 3 cops said “a drunk man says you followed him into the station..”

  4. on 30 Jan 2008 at 9:36 pm   Roxy

    Greg must have left his “I’m an innocent White Man” badge at home so how were the police to know?

  5. on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:21 am   6000

    What colour was the stripe?

    I think that’s the key here.

  6. on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:11 pm   Padwick

    I was “stopped and searched” at Euston tube a few days before christmas last year. I was asked to remove my coat, shoes and socks during the 15 minute inconvenience.

    I had the last laugh though.

    The policeman said: “Sorry sir, I know it’s a stupid question, but from this list (shows me a list with around 20 descriptions) which would you say describes your ethnicity?”

    “Erm, this one (points to list) description F,” I replied.

    “Are you sure, sir? Don’t you mean B ‘Caucasian male’?”

    “No, I’m a Sikh.”

    Ho Ho Ho, it was hilarious especially when I’m not a sikh! Ho ho ho.

    Maybe you had to be there.

  7. on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:35 pm   Daisy

    Lest we forget, Peter Sym himself has been stopped and searched on no less than three occasions. He suspected it was because he is “youngish, white, with a nearly shaved head and built like a tank”.
    I suspect Peter is in fact 40, whiteish, balding and barrel-like in structure. (I believe his misplaced ‘ish’ is the key)

  8. on 31 Jan 2008 at 6:09 pm   zym

    Maybe they thought Greg was Polish, or (heaven forbid) a Frenchman

  9. on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:34 am   Jason

    He should thank his lucky stars they didn’t mistake him for an innocent Brazilian.

  10. on 08 Mar 2008 at 10:25 pm   Simon

    i was once stopped and “searched”. the policeman said “there’s been a number of burglaries in the area. can i ask you what you have in your bag?”

    i told him and he took my word for it without opening the bag. how slack is that? especially considering that i’m mixed race.