No photos please, we are British and totally paranoid . . .

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Police community support officers (PCSOs) stopped Italian student Simona Bonomo under anti-terrorism legislation for filming buildings in London. Moments later, she was arrested by other officers, held in a police cell and fined £80. (Guardian)

Stupid amateur cops

 

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I didn't think PCSO's had the power to arrest you?

Have you actually read even the opening post

 

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... Nice spin in the OP mind

Bonomo returned the next day to interview builders who had witnessed her arrest. Footage of the interviews appears to corroborate her account. "I was disgusted," one said. "They were terribly out of order. There was one officer who was spiteful to you."

Two PCSOs and six regular cops and it was some 32 year old female art student "causing harassment, alarm and distress in public" huh

As Detective Superintendent Chris Greany of City of London Police so reasonably pointed out, "The cops on the street are aged 21 and 22" - they are probably also somewhat lacking in common sense or any real ability when mob-handed, to deal with someone being a right pain as I have no doubt Ms Simona Bonomo was and shouldn't have been doing.


Thanks for the info and advice, Mr. Jones, even if it is from the Daily Wail

 

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She's lucky it wasn't the Italian police, probably would have got a right shoeing

Or an electrician, in which case she would have got shot in the head