Preacher should've been arrested, your thoughts?

Neil79 · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:26

Just saw this video and it doesn't matter if he's a christian, muslim, catholic or any other, he should've been arrested for breaching the peace at least!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/69...eman-islam-shout-city-centre-England-UK-watch

We should all be treated equally :mad:

robfosters · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:28

Police seem too damn scared to do anything these days.

opstrat · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:30

police probably saw the bigger picture.

arrest a cleric in the street then the islamic community would kick off big time.

the police don't need that.

RaohNS · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:31

His attitude and temperament is unacceptable when approached by the police yes. But when he was saying/preaching before how was he acting?

You can get arrested for less yes. I think at the point old bill comes up he's just doing it to make a point.

robfosters · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:34

Probably was the right decision if he was preaching about Islam and nothing extremist.

/\ndy · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:34

came in expecting birmingham, left satisfied

Raiden85 · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:35

Should have been arrested, if I did the that I'm pretty sure I would have been.

do_ron_ron · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:36

Neil79 said:
Just saw this video and it doesn't matter if he's a christian, muslim, catholic or any other, he should've been arrested for breaching the peace at least!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/69...eman-islam-shout-city-centre-England-UK-watch

We should all be treated equally

Made the stupid mistake that you can say what you like in the UK.

TheVoice · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:37

What would be the point? His anger was clearly at the police (as irrational as it seemed), remove them from the situation as the officer did himself and things will likely calm down again.

There are better things for single-crewed officers to be dealing with than some guy shouting in a high street.

bloodiedathame · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:37

Needs a chill pill.

Neil79 · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:38

TheVoice said:
What would be the point? His anger was clearly at the police (as irrational as it seemed), remove them from the situation as the officer did himself and things will likely calm down again.

There are better things for single-crewed officers to be dealing with than some guy shouting in a high street.

So you think I could shout at the police like that and the police walk away from me?

Cosimo · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:39

bloodiedathame said:
Needs a chill pill.

Or the inside of a police van... You or I doing that and we would have been.

VincentHanna · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:40

do_ron_ron said:
Made the stupid mistake that you can say what you like in the UK.

No you can't, hate crime is a thing, racism is a thing.

We're not America.

Sounds like a member of the public reported him for no obvious reason and the police had no reason to arrest/charge him with anything.

Finglonga · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:40

Just seen that on the Daily Fail and noticed as the comments were not going as they wanted they have stopped printing them and removed the old ones. The copper handled that well especially as he got boo'ed as he walked away because they wanted it to turn and it easily could have and got nasty.

cheesyboy · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:42

"Breach of the Peace" doesn't refer to making a loud noise.

I'm not sure we should be calling for people to be arbitrarily arrested for talking forcefully at police. Why should that be a crime?

Narj · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:42

Neil79 said:
So you think I could shout at the police like that and the police walk away from me?

Most police officers are much more restrained than you seem to think they are. I've seen situations on nights out where I'd have, "seen nothin' guv" if the coppers had put the boot in to the idiots they were having to deal with.

VincentHanna · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:43

If the police arrested all the shouty people in my city there would be a lot of weird Christians in cells for no reason.

TheVoice · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:43

Neil79 said:
So you think I could shout at the police like that and the police walk away from me?

I've no idea, because policing isn't a "one approach fits all" sort of job. In this specific instance he deemed it the appropriate thing to do to calm the situation. Getting the guy to custody and explaining that the man was arrested for "shouting in my face a bit" isn't going to go down well. As I said, better things for limited resources to be spending their time on.

Neil79 · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:48

I've seen it plenty of times on TV where a guy was arrested or taken aside when he became agitated and in the cops face...

tom_e · 29 Jul 2016 at 11:50

Neil79 said:
I've seen it plenty of times on TV where a guy was arrested or taken aside when he became agitated and in the cops face...

I've also seen it plenty of times on tv and real life where they pick their battles sensibly and walk away to resolve the situation. Sometimes that's the best course of action rather than rolling around on the floor with someone.