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ethos said:No wonder some people are racist...
Exactly.
ethos said:No wonder some people are racist...
The police kept me in custody over the weekend because I made the mistake of swearing at a senior officer
wohoo said:Iw disregard the headline, the bloke didnt really spend 2 nights in jail for his racist revving more for this imo.
Damn straight, i would expect to be treated harshy for disrespecting the law, this is the the problem with this country aswell, lack of respect for authority, and they wonder why kids are screwed when 50 odd year old men behave this way, and judging by the report it wasnt only the couple who reported him, witnesses were present aswell.
Noxis said:Did you miss the part where the senior officer was off duty? I dont think he realised he was saying **** off to a copper.
5 Harassment, alarm or distress
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, or
(b) displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,
within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby.
(2) An offence under this section may be committed in a public or a private place, except that no offence is committed where the words or behaviour are used, or the writing, sign or other visible representation is displayed, by a person inside a dwelling and the other person is also inside that or another dwelling.
(3) It is a defence for the accused to prove—
(a) that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress, or
(b) that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used, or the writing, sign or other visible representation displayed, would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling, or
(c) that his conduct was reasonable.
(4) A constable may arrest a person without warrant if—
(a) he engages in offensive conduct which [a] constable warns him to stop, and
(b) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning.
(5) In subsection (4) “offensive conduct” means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section, and the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
wohoo said:Iw disregard the headline, the bloke didnt really spend 2 nights in jail for his racist revving more for this imo.
Damn straight, i would expect to be treated harshy for disrespecting the law, this is the the problem with this country aswell, lack of respect for authority, and they wonder why kids are screwed when 50 odd year old men behave this way, and judging by the report it wasnt only the couple who reported him, witnesses were present aswell.
Violent-J said:TBH right I wouldn't care if it might be an off duty copper or not, if someone told me to stop revving my engine which as far as I know is what you're supposed to do in a car and how they work, yet in no way illegal, they would get a big ********************** *** from me too.
Zuma said:bear in mind is it a mail on sunday story, and so is massively biased.
The Mail said:(he) also plans to sell the Lotus. He said: "It has been nothing but trouble."
Heofz said:I **** you not. It's a nursery rhyme ffs! Do you know what that tells me? Some PC-brigade parent officially complained about that once!
Person A: <makes joke about epilepsy>
Person B: "That's not funny, I know someone who has epilepsy, therefore I have an excuse to take the moral high-ground. I take offence." *rings alarm*
Person A: "Err no, the joke wasn't aimed at your friend, it was a JOKE. Not aimed at any specific person or to degrade anybody; no predudice or malice intended whatsoever."
Person B: "Still. Despite the fact that technically the joke is funny, I refuse to laugh, because otherwise I cannot take the moral high-ground"
"Yes you got fired, NO it wasn't because of your race/religion. Why do you even suggest it in the first place? Did you WANT it to be that way? Are you sure it isn't deep-down wishful thinking on your part?"