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unusual facts about Sus law


Sus law

Also The Ruts, an English Punk band with reggae influences recorded a song, "S.U.S", which dealt with the same issue as Punks were commonly discriminated against by the English Constabulary.


1981 England riots

The Conservative Party government elected in 1979 had instituted new powers for the Police under the Vagrancy Act of 1824 to stop and search people based on only a 'reasonable suspicion' that an offence had been committed — hence their common name of "Sus laws".


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