In the ‘breathalysed!’ blog, I generalised. I suggested that in this country we generally don’t have to make notes on what we do in case we have to defend ourselves later.  Twenty years ago, this breezy assertion and smug attitude would have made me furious. I’m a white, middle-aged, middle-class woman who listens to Radio 4 and potters in the garden, and the statement does indeed apply to people like me.

I do know that it doesn’t apply to everyone and there are people who have to watch their backs because they automatically attract suspicion. They may be the wrong age, the wrong colour, the wrong sexual orientation, have the wrong manner or just be in the wrong place at the wrong time, through no fault of their own. I apologise.

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