Cookie Monster was it?
A “public order offense.”
What public order offense officers?
“You called someone a muppet.”
You can actually hear them saying that. With a straight face. Four cops.
Meanwhile rape is almost never prosecuted.
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A “public order offense.”
What public order offense officers?
“You called someone a muppet.”
You can actually hear them saying that. With a straight face. Four cops.
Meanwhile rape is almost never prosecuted.
I wonder how far they’d go if someone called That Person a muggle. Tasers?
JFC, I could blow past a three-strikes warning some mornings driving to the office. When you rack up 1000 times or so do you get the death penalty? Does England still use a gibbet as a warning to others?
For the record Hull Police, you’e a bunch of fucking muppets.
You’ve got to be kidding. “Muppet” is incredibly mild. Muppets are cute.
Calling someone a muppet is certainly incredibly weak as a reason for arrest, but I wonder if that is all there is to it. The channel is named ‘Auditing Yorkshire’, and ‘auditing’ sets off alarm bells for me. The name hints that he may be a free speech auditor (confirmed by searching that name), and so is very likely to be known to local police as a regular pest. The typical behaviour of these types is to enter a government building foyer with cameras rolling, in defiance of restrictions against recording such places usually have, and generally push limits and restrictions and the patience of staff by being a nosy busybody.
The guy has a youtube channel, and the full 29 minute video from which this clip is taken may be found here. And as I suspected, this guy was being a pest throughout. Examples of typical behaviour include standing in the middle of a car park entry and then getting indignant at a driver of a vehicle that passed him narrowly but safely (10:48), and bypassing police security restrictions by flying a drone over the fence of their car park, capturing footage of secure areas (12:38). Not to mention, being a loutish wanker throughout.
And the service this free speech warrior offers? Inane observations such as “it’s not often you see police vans with light bars” while touring secure areas.
So while I agree the stated reason for the arrest is inadequate, the stated reason is also an incomplete account of his actions. I hope the full scope of his intrusiveness is examined in court, from this and his many other videos, and penalties applied accordingly.
Interesting. Thanks Holms.
So, if I rob a bank, am surrounded by the police whilst attempting to make my escape, exclaim “Oh, bother!” and get arrested, I can claim that I was arrested for saying “Oh, bother!”? Cool!
I wonder if the judge and jury will buy that, and ignore everything else leading up to the arrest?