sus law

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Criminal_Attempts_Act_1981
1981
gptkbp:controversy accusations of racial profiling
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:describes A law that allowed police to stop and search people suspected of loitering with intent to commit an arrestable offence.
gptkbp:effect increased tension between police and Black communities in the UK
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Metropolitan_Police_Act_1839
gptkb:Vagrancy_Act_1824
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label sus law
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Brixton_riots_1981
gptkbp:popularTermFor gptkb:Section_4_of_the_Vagrancy_Act_1824
gptkbp:relatedTo police powers in the UK
stop and search powers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sonny's_Lettah_(Anti-Sus_Poem)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7