Question Time

[FedUpMum]

What is the world coming to?

THe politicians tonight were on about anti-social behaviour and targeting children wearing hoodies in shopping centres and baseball caps.

So basically, if I dress my toddler in a baseball cap and a hooded top, she's a prime candidate for police to target as someone capable of displaying anti-social behaviour.

It isn't what the people wear, it's their attitude to others FULL STOP.

[Lady Penelope]

Hi FUM,

I ditto that too!! :angry: My son wears a hoodie and baseball cap too, but he is no hooligan either!

(I sometimes pinch his hat and his shoes when I'm off in the garden and I have worn his hoodie too :lol: )

Don't be surprised if a topic pops up on the forum LP HAS BEEN ARRESTED!! targeted and charged as being a hooligan for wearing her sons cap and hoodie and young terrier dog has been charged under the dangerous dogs act for trying to protect his mistress :lol:

LPxxx

[Neighboured]

And they haven't allowed bikers to wear crash helmets in banks, building societies, off licences or post offices for years.

[Rosie Q]

Most buildings with security officers who do their jobs right will not allow bikers helmets, cycle helmets or any other head wear which obscures the wearer's face from cctv. This is in order to prevent crime as criminals do obscure their faces.

Regarding 'hoodies' - as an antisocial behaviour officer, I get loads of complaints that witnesses can't see perpetrators faces as they pull the 'hoodies' over their faces or pull baseball caps down to hide faces...or put a scarf over the bottom of their faces ... etc! 'Hoodies' are laughingly called 'yob uniform.' I wouldn't let a kid of mine wear one for that reason as I wouldn't want my kid stereotyped that way. Sure! Stereotyping is wrong, but the world isn't perfect, and we ahve to live with it up to a point ... and challenge it if we can! Since a lot of 'scallies' do use 'hoodies' as a means to avoid detection, and I do know of some who do wear them as a uniform intended to intimidate .... I can see where the criticism comes from.

[Annabel]

I can understand this as well, but I was not impressed by the 'debate' on it last night on Question Time...

However, I was casting my mind back to the days of my youth when punk was raging, I dont remember young punk kids getting banned as a matter of policy from shopping centres cos they looked intimidating...which they certainly did!!!! plus they used to lollop about on street corners looking furtive and like they were up to no good, just the same as kids do today...

I think its more to do with the behaviour and the 'happy slapping' some gangs of kids are engaging in and not the fact that they are wearing hoods etc.

i will lay a bet that Bluewater will start turning away groups of kids out shopping simply for being in a group rather than on the basis of what they are wearing. ;)