Man nicked for throwing snowball at police

Superewza said:
Would anybody have even considered taking this to court if it had happened to them? Why should people in luminous yellow jackets get more rights than the rest of us?
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Because they're the Police.

Funnily enough when it comes to financial products I have a better time of it than the rest of you.

I'm quite sure top chefs eat better than the rest of you.

I'm glad it was the police he threw it at and not a member of the public who wouldn't do anything.
 
Superewza said:
Would anybody have even considered taking this to court if it had happened to them? Why should people in luminous yellow jackets get more rights than the rest of us?
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The man was convicted of common assault; the fact that it was against a police officer was irrelevant.

If he had thrown a snowball at you, you would have had the right to report him for common assault and for him to be charged just as the police officer did? :confused:
 
Not because they deserve it mind. I cringe when I hear these stories about police abusing their powers in their own personal lives - but what can you do about that really.

Because when they've got their uniform on they need to be able to command respect, which means they should have enhanced protection under the law when performing their duty.

But really, it comes down to their proximilty to the law. I'm close to financial products because I deal with them every day in my job. The police are close to the law becauise they deal with it every day in their job. That's really not rocket science.
 
The Halk said:
Because when they've got their uniform on they need to be able to command respect, which means they should have enhanced protection under the law when performing their duty.
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This.

The person IN the uniform is no better than any other member of the public but the uniform itself and the office that the uniform represents SHOULD command respect. Its not just a person being assaulted its also the office of constable which, regardless of the "police hatred" that seems to be "cool" these days, is a serious matter.

I don't think people are able to distinguish this and just see a person in a uniform as if its a normal person going to their office for a 9-5 job.


People on this board moan when someone breaks the law yet have no respect for the POLICE FORCE whose job it is to ensure its complied with by damning the whole police force for the actions of a minority of individuals.... Pretty hypocritical TBH.



As I say though - these days its "cool" to hate the police :rolleyes:
 
Al Vallario said:
The man was convicted of common assault; the fact that it was against a police officer was irrelevant.

If he had thrown a snowball at you, you would have had the right to report him for common assault and for him to be charged just as the police officer did? :confused:
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So it's okay for a person who doesn't have a history with the police to do it but it isn't for somebody who does? Surely that's discrimination, which has no place in a court of law.

A lot of police nowadays seem to have lost sight of who they serve and why they do it. Yes, it's a tough job, but some of them just need to cheer up :p
 
I'm not disagreeing with that, i'm just saying that any person who doesn't work in paroling the streets with a luminous yellow jacket wouldn't think twice about being hit by a snowball. Hell, i'd probably laugh.

Also, what they were suggesting was that they were more deserved of punishment because of things they've done in the past. That's wrong on so many levels, it should have no influence on the event in question.
 
Ah no. We were guessing his motives by his history which shows the type of person he is.

Was he playfully throwing a snowball at the police which they'd have a bit of a laugh about, and nobody would be any the worse? Or was he being aggressive and trying to make it into an attack? I'm guessing the latter because of the type of scum he is (tattoo).
 
The Halk said:
Ah no. We were guessing his motives by his history which shows the type of person he is.

Was he playfully throwing a snowball at the police which they'd have a bit of a laugh about, and nobody would be any the worse? Or was he being aggressive and trying to make it into an attack? I'm guessing the latter because of the type of scum he is (tattoo).
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Because he has a tattoo, he's scum?

Oooookay. All your points have become invalid as you appear to be insane.
 
Haha. No. The tattoo means he's murdered someone - or more exactly he wants it to look like he's murdered someone. It's a way of permanantly saying "I'm very hard".

You could argue that just because someone has a swastika on their forehead it doesn't mean they're a nazi, they might be into ancient Indian symbols. You'd be just as convincing saying the guy isn't scum.

To be clear though - tattoos don't make people scum. Personally I don't like em. But if you choose to have one like this it's pretty obvious.
 
But we're not convicting the guy of being scum here, they're convicting him of throwing a snowball. Nobody should ever be denied a fair trial.
 
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